Enfinity wind power project to start construction in October 2018

Enfinity Ninh Thuan’s delayed $266-million wind farm project in the central province of Ninh Thuan is going to start construction in October 2018.

Enfinity’s plan on implementing the project has recently been approved by the related government agencies of Ninh Thuan following the meeting between the company and Ninh Thuan authorities on March 28 to resolve all the issues to enable Enfinity to make progress on the project.

According to the plan submitted to the provincial People’s Committee, the project is going to have three phases. The first phase entails installing six wind turbines with the combined capacity of 20MW that will go into operation in February 2019.

The second phase will consist of 14 additional wind turbines with the combined capacity of 46MW to be put into operation by June 2019.

The project will be completed in September 2019, with 18 additional wind turbines with the capacity of 60MW. In total, the project will add 124.5 MW to the national grid and construction will take a total 29 months.

By February 2018, the project will finish getting approval from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on its feasibility study.

The Enfinity wind power project by Belgian company Enfinity received its investment certificate in March 2011 with the total investment capital of $266 million, an area of 533.1 hectares, and capacity up to 124,5MW.

By Ha Duy / VIR