Workers install solar power pannel for a project in Quang Ngai Province (Source: VNA)The provincial Department of Industry andTrade said the Thai investor has been preparing a pre-feasibility study ondeveloping a 150 megawatt (MW) project in coastal Pho An commune, 40km south ofQuang Ngai city.
The department said the solar power projectwill help the province’s ‘green’ growth efforts and provide a ‘green’ powersource connected to the national grid.
In 2015, the province began construction ona 19.2 MW solar power plant in Mo Duc district with total investment of nearly 900billion VND (41 million USD).
When finished, the power station, whichcovers 24ha, will supply 28 million kilowatts an hour to the national grid.
In 2005, a solar power project was developedin An Binh islet of Ly Son island district, 30km off the coast of Quang Ngai,however the district started using power from the national grid at the end of2014.
The province has called for domestic andforeign investment in infrastructure projects in Dung Quat Economic Zone andother industrial parks.
According to latest reports, the centralprovince has attracted 36 foreign direct investment projects, worth 4 billionUSD.
Singapore’s Sembcorp has been preparing toconstruct a 141ha thermal power plant in the Dung Quat Economic Zone
The 2,100MW thermal power plant hasinvestment capital of 2 billion USD for the first phase, and is expected tobecome operational by the third quarter of 2020.-VNA
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