The offshore Bac Lieu wind power plant in Bac Lieu city of the southern province of the same name celebrates its 1 billionth kWh with a ceremony on March 6. (Photo: laodong.vn)BacLieu (VNA) – The offshore Bac Lieu wind power plant in Bac Lieu cityof the southern province of the same name celebrated its 1 billionth kWh with aceremony on March 6.
Theplant was invested by the Cong Ly Construction-Trade-Tourism Co Ltd with atotal investment of over 5.2 trillion VND (224 million USD at current exchangerate).
Ithas 62 turbines with total capacity of 99.2 MW, and began to generateelectricity for the national grid in June 2013.
Addressingthe ceremony, Chairman of Bac Lieu province’s People’s Committee Duong ThanhTrung described the Bac Lieu wind farm as a milestone, which paved the way forother offshore wind power projects in the country in general and in Bac Lieu inparticular.
Accordingto Trung, four wind power projects are under construction in the province atpresent. With a total capacity of 292 MW, the projects are slated to becompleted before November 2021.
BacLieu has also attracted 19 other clean energy projects with total capacity ofmore than 4,000 MW. The projects are waiting to be included in energydevelopment plans./.
VNA
