Investor permitted to start survey for giant offshore wind power farm
UK based Enterprize Energy (EE) announced it had received a licence to conduct survey for a giant wind power farm offshore Ke Ga cape in the south central province of Binh Thuan.
Hanoi (VNA) –🐼 UK based Enterprize Energy (EE) announcedit had received a licence to conduct survey for a giant wind power farmoffshore Ke Ga cape in the south central province of Binh Thuan.
At the announcement ceremony held on June 13 in Binh Thuan, EEfounder and chairman Ian Hatton said the corporation will conduct survey on anarea of 2,800 square kilometres about 20-50 km from the Binh Thuan shore. Thewind farm, named Thanglong Wind, will cover just 25-30 percent of the surveyedarea. Based on the survey, the EE will make necessary reports inaccordance with the law, with the aim of connecting the first phase of theThanglong Wind project to the national grid at the end of 2022 or early 2023. The first phase of the project will build 64 turbines withtotal capacity of 600 MW. The following four phases, each with capacity of 600MW, willbe commissioned during the period fro 2023 to 2026. The last phase, Thanglong Wind 6 will have a capacity of 400MW, bringing the total capacity of the project to 3,400 MW. Total investment in the project is estimated at 11.9 billionUSD, excluding the costs for connecting the farm with the national grid. According to Hatton, the project will turn Vietnam into theleading country in Southeast Asia in developing offshore wind power. On the occasion, EE launched the official website of the project atThanglongwind.com.-VNA
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