Soc Trang approves windpower project

Feb 12th at 13:35
12-02-2014 13:35:31+07:00

Soc Trang approves windpower project

The People's Committee of Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta has licensed the Vinh Chau windpower project financed by German corporation EAB New Energy GmbH and HCM City's Trading Production and Service Joint Stock Company (Trasesco). The project with a capacity of 29MW in the first phase of operation will cost VND1,476 billion (US$70,280).

Soc Trang, which has huge potential for windpower sources, has approved four windpower projects with total capacity of around 300MW.

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