German wind turbine company to build plant in Vietnam

Fuhrlaender AG will build a US$25 million wind turbine factory in the central province of Binh Thuan to supply energy projects in both Vietnam and overseas.

The 23 hectare project, the first of its kind in Vietnam, would manufacture 1.5 megawatt turbines in the first phase and then 2.5 megawatt turbines, Tran Viet Tuan, chairman of Fuhrlaender Vietnam Windpower Joint Stock Company said without disclosing a specific time frame.

Fuhrlaender has recently installed five wind turbines with a combined capacity of 7.5 megawatts for a power plant in Binh Thuan Province. The VND2-trillion plant is slated to be connected to the national power grid for the first time this month. It is expected to have a total capacity of 120 megawatts by 2011.

A recent World Bank survey said Vietnam has a great potential to produce wind power, with an estimated capacity of 513,360 megawatts a year. That is 200 times the output of Son La Hydroelectric Plant in northern Vietnam, which is also the largest power plant in Southeast Asia.

thanhnien, vna

>   Vietnam to lower morning peak-hour power costs by 20 pct (24/08/2009)

>   Fisheries sector records rapid but unstable growth (24/08/2009)

>   Transparent power price policy needed to attract FDI: Officials (24/08/2009)

>   Concern at corporation spending (24/08/2009)

>   Food security plan to guard against menaces (24/08/2009)

>   The triumphs and pitfalls of decentralisation (24/08/2009)

>   Second stimulus package is needed (24/08/2009)

>   Mekong Delta province attracts 13 FDI projects (24/08/2009)

>   Vietnam businesses form new “coffee clutch” (24/08/2009)

>   Clothing sector hopes to expand ties to South American market (24/08/2009)