Banpu Power Public Company Limited (BPP) has invested in its first wind project with a capacity of 80 MW in Vietnam. The facility will be located in Soc Trang Province and will be developed in three phases - the first two of 30 MW capacity and the last one of 20 MW.
Phase one has already secured an Investment Registration Certificate (IRC) from the Department of Planning and Investment (DPI). It is currently going through a feasibility study and is expected to achieve its Commercial Operation Date (COD) within 2020. The other two phases should become operational in 2021.
BPP is currently seeking investments in conventional and renewable power projects in its target of 4.3GW in 2025.
Country updates
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August 03, 2018
Pöyry to provide engineering services for 340 MW wind projects in Vietnam
Super Energy Corporation Public Company Limited has awarded Pöyry with an owner's engineering services assignment for six wind projects located in southern Vietnam with a total capacity...
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August 02, 2018
Trina Solar to provide modules for largest solar PV project in Vietnam
Trina Solar has announced that it has been contracted to providing 258 MW monocrystalline PERC double glass modules for a solar photovoltaic (PV) power station in Vietnam. The development of the power...
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July 17, 2018
B.Grimm Power PCL acquires 55% stake in 420 MW solar project in Vietnam
B.Grimm Power PCL has acquired a 55% stake in a 420 MW solar project in Tay Ninh, south-west of Vietnam for THB1.13 billion (USD34 million). Through a joint cooperation agreement with Viet...
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July 12, 2018
Siemens will supply the electrical engineering components needed for the project under a USD17.5 million contract
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July 05, 2018
Trung Nam Group to start building 204 MW solar project in Ninh Thuan
Trung Nam Solar Power JSC, a unit of Trung Nam Group is set to commence the construction of the 204 MW solar photovoltaic project located in Thuan Bac district, Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam....
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