The Danish company Vestas ASP to build wind farm in Quang Binh province

By Kieu Mai - Dec 08, 2017 | 07:46 AM GMT+7

TheLEADERBased on infrastructure development progress, wind farm project will be developed by phases of six sub–projects with a minimum capacity of 30MW.

The Danish company Vestas ASP to build wind farm in Quang Binh province
Vestas ASP appreciates the potential of Vietnam's wind power

On December 7, 2017, Tan Hoan Cau Corporation Joint Stock company (THC) signed a new memorandum of understanding aims to accelerate wind farm development in Huong Linh, the area of Huong Hoa Commune in Quang Tri province with Vestas Asia Pacific.

THC is collaborating with Vestas to study the potential of the area of study and then propose the total capacity.

Based on infrastructure development progress, wind farm project will be developed by phases of six sub–projects with a minimum capacity of 30MW. Both will conduct wind and site studies to select turbine locations for sub–projects.

According to the revised national electricity development planning, the government has set a target of 800MW of wind by 2020, 2000MW in 2025 and 6000MW by 2030.

Clive Turton, President of Vestas ASP, said: “Vestas is very excited to partner Vietnam in wind energy and we are absolutely delighted to demonstrate our commitment." 

"We will engage, expand and deepen our capabilities in Vietnam and look forward to working even more closely together,” he added.

Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solution. This company design, manufacture, install and service wind turbines across the globe with more than 85GW of wind turbines in 75 countries.