Up to now, Bac Lieu is the locality with the most wind power projects put into commercial operation in the Mekong Delta.

Projects that have reached the finish line

From a purely agricultural province with vast plots of land, interlaced with lakes and ponds, after only 1 year, this place has sprouted huge wind turbines, internal roads, and modern operating blocks. pressure ... Bac Lieu likes wearing a new shirt.

Before the end of 2021, Bac Lieu only had 1 wind power project completed, but the good news came in the last months of 2021 when 7 other projects in the province continued to be put into commercial operation.

The most notable project is Hoa Binh Wind Power Project 5 - Phase 1 (Invested by Hacom Bac Lieu Energy Joint Stock Company, a member company of Hacom Holdings Investment Joint Stock Company). are actually operated by workers commercially (COD).

Hoa Binh 5 wind power project was started on October 11, 2020 in 2 communes Vinh Thinh and Vinh Hau (Hoa Binh district). The project has a capacity of 80MW, with 26 turbines and has a total investment of approximately VND 3,700 billion. This is the coastal wind power project with the largest capacity in the Mekong Delta.

Mr. Tran Phu Chien - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hacom Holdings Investment Joint Stock Company said that during the construction of the project, there were many difficulties such as: very weak geology, lots of mud, centrifugal piles must be closed 50 - 70m deep, the transportation of super-heavy equipment... but the investor received very timely support from relevant departments and branches of Bac Lieu province, especially facilitated for experts entering the province during the time of social distancing.

According to the People's Committee of Bac Lieu province, after completion, this project will generate about 280 million KWh.year and contribute to the annual budget revenue of about 60 billion VND.

Also at the end of October 2021, all turbines of Kosy Bac Lieu wind power plant, phase 1 - with a capacity of 40.5MW, are headed by Kosy Bac Lieu Wind Power Joint Stock Company, a member of Kosy Group. Private, genuine accredited operating COD.

Located in Hoa Binh district, the project has a total investment of over 1,600 billion VND, started construction in October 2020, only after 1 year the whole project was completed although from mid-2021 Bac Lieu as well as other localities in the region were severely affected by the Covid-19 epidemic.

The new strength of the purely agricultural province

Mr. Phan Van Sau - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Bac Lieu province said that the clean energy field has been interested in and prioritized for development by the province in recent years and has been identified as an important driving force in economic growth. , contributing to the transformation of production structure, labor structure and forming a new resilience for a purely agricultural province towards industrialization - modernization.

In which, renewable energy (wind power, solar power) and gas power are the areas of priority investment and one of the five pillars of socio-economic development of the province, creating favorable conditions for industry. Renewable energy and clean energy have developed strongly, in order to effectively exploit the potential and strengths of the province in this field.

The potential and strength of Bac Lieu is that it has a 56km long coastline, wide and relatively flat alluvial flats, and the coastal area has strong and fairly stable winds (average wind speed is 7m/s) the further away. The higher the wind speed, is one of the provinces with the best potential for wind power development in the country, with sunshine almost all year round, with the number of sunshine hours reaching about 2,200 to 2,700 hours/year (radiation value reaches above 4.8 kWh/m2/day), good climatic conditions, flat terrain, very little affected by storms, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, these are favorable conditions for potential exploitation. on renewable energy and electrification.

Currently, Bac Lieu has two other wind power projects under construction, in which one project of a Japanese investor has a scale of 50MW and another project has a scale of 142MW.

Bac Lieu province provides maximum support for power projects

Chairman of Bac Lieu Provincial People's Committee Pham Van Thieu shared that Bac Lieu province will provide maximum support for power projects. In order for wind power projects to finish on schedule, provincial leaders have directed relevant agencies to provide maximum support for investors to carry out investment procedures quickly and neatly.

Specifically, in terms of site clearance, the province mobilizes the entire political system to participate in ensuring the handover of clean ground to investors to complete the project and generate commercial power before October 30, 2021.

Other support activities such as: tax refund and postponement of deposit to ensure project implementation; supporting investor delegations to circulate in and out of the province while the province implements social distancing to prevent and control Covid-19; especially support to prioritize vaccination for all factory employees.

Especially when the 3,200MW Bac Lieu LNG gas-fired power plant project is put into construction (expected to start in 2022 to promptly complete phase 1 with a capacity of 800MW in 2024), the volume of materials and equipment machinery and especially a team of experts, engineers, and workers will gather a lot, in which, according to calculations, the phase 1 separate set will have over 10,000 workers with a construction value of about approx. 300 million USD will create a huge excitement.

According to Tuoi Tre online