Tra Vinh (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is calling for investment in eight wind-power plants with a combined capacity of 464 MW.
Of the plants, four are in Duyen Hai district, and the others in Duyen Hai town.
The projects are all in line with the province’s planning, national power development plan, and roadmap for the implementation of the national power development for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050.
Tra Vinh is now home to 382 valid projects, 38 of which are foreign with total registered capital of nearly 3 billion USD and the rest, domestic valued over 144.5 trillion VND (5.68 billion USD).
It has granted approval in principle for nine wind-power projects with a combined capacity of 666MW, five of which have been connected to the national grid with a capacity of 322 MW.
It is also housing a 140-MW solar power project and a 25-MW biomass power one.
Earlier, the province called for additional capital to three projects in Dinh An economic zone, including a renewable plant, a green hydrogen plant, and technical infrastructure development at the industrial-urban area-service complex.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Quynh Thien said Tra Vinh has issued an investment promotion programme with specific missions and solutions, while studying and evaluating the market, investment trends and investors as well as building database, publications and materials for promotion activities.
Additi🌠onally, it will push ahead with the communicati▨ons work on its business climate and investment opportunities, and work to further improve the investment environment, and administrative reform, he added./.
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