Vietnam’s biggest solar power plant built in Ninh Thuan
The construction of Vietnam’s biggest solar power plant with capacity of 168 MWp and total investment of roughly 4.4 trillion VND (194 million USD) commenced in the south central province of Ninh Thuan on June 8.
Groundbreaking ceremony of Vietnam's biggest solar power plant in Ninh Thuan (Photo: VNA)
Ninh Thuan (VNA) – The construction ofVietnam’s biggest solar power plant with capacity of 168 MWp and totalinvestment of roughly 4.4 trillion VND (194 million USD) commenced in the southcentral province of Ninh Thuan on June 8.
Frank Phuan, CEO & Executive Director ofSunseap Group, said the CMX Renewable Energy Vietnam solar power plant covers186 hectares in My Son commune, Ninh Son district.
Sunseap Group is the largest and mostestablished clean energy solutions provider in Singapore, with regionaloperations in Southeast Asia Pacific.
Once operational in June 2019, the plant willsupply over 200 million kWh of electricity to the national power grid annually,he said.
It is expected to provide electricity for nearly200,000 households and generate jobs for over 200 local workers, he added.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Pham Van Hau said this plant is the fourth of its kind to startconstruction in Ninh Thuan this year.
He asked the investor to speed up theimplementation of project and ensure quality, labour safety, and environmentalsanitation.
Local authorities pledged to create the mostfavourbale conditions according to legal regulations to support the investor toput the plant into operation as scheduled, he affirmed.
Ninh Thuan receives special attention frominvestors as it has big advantages for renewable energy development with theaverage wind speed of 7-8m/s and 2,800 hours of sunshine every year.
The province aims to become a renewable energycentre in the country with the generation of 2,000 MW of solar power by 2020.
Nearly 30 Vietnamese and foreign investors havebeen approved to build solar power plants in Ninh Thuan which has potential oftapping some 9,000 MW of solar energy.
Besides the power plant invested by SunseapGroup, three solar power plants with total capacity of 130 MW invested by otherinvestors are under construction in the province and they are set to be completedin the second quarter of 2019. -VNA
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Groundbreaking ceremony of Vietnam's biggest solar power plant in Ninh Thuan (Photo: VNA) 
