Vietnamese company joins solar power projects in Laos

The Wealth Power Group of Vietnam has joined two other partners in developing solar power projects in Champasak and Sekong provinces of Laos.

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Vientiane (VNA) – The Wealth Power Group of Vietnam has joined two other partnersin developing solar power projects in Champasak and Sekong provinces of Laos.

TheVientiane Times reported on September 3 that representatives from Wealth PowerGroup, National Consulting Group Sole Company and Power Company LimitedThepvongsa signed a deal to this effect at a ceremony in Vientiane on September2.

Thesolar power project in Sekong will be built on more than 720 ha in Lamamdistrict at a total investment of 332.3 million USD. The power plant will havea design capacity of 500 MW and an annual electricity output of 739 GWh.

Theproject in Champasak, spreading over 93.1 ha in Khong and Pathoumphonedistricts, has a design capacity of 80 MW and annual output of 123GWh. It hastotal investment of 57.3 million USD.

Thetwo plants, when completed, will supply 10 percent of their electricity outputfor the domestic market and 90 percent will be exported to neighbouringcountries, particularly Vietnam and Myanmar. /.

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