This is a special groundbreaking ceremony, because the B&T wind farm cluster has been the largest onshore wind power project in Vietnam so far, and due to the specific conditions including Covid-19 epidemic prevention, the Ceremony was held in teleconference with various points from abroad as well as at the project site.
The ceremony was held simply in Dong Hoi city, and connected directly with the leaders of Ayala Group and funded banks from Manila capital (Philippines), as well as the two points at the project site (including the point in Gia Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, and the other in Phu Thuy commune, Le Thuy district).
Tower location for B&T wind farm cluster’s 220kV grid-connected line
According to Mr. Nguyen Nam Thang, General Director of AMI AC Renewables JSC, the Client of B&T wind farm cluster, after 2 years of study, investigation for economic, technical assessment, and performing the legal procedures for the project, on August 18th 2020, the People’s Committee of Quang Binh issued the Investment in Principle for B&T wind farm cluster with the total capacity of 210MW. The B&T wind farm cluster comprises BT1 wind farm which is located in Quang Ninh district, with its capacity of 109.2MW (26 turbines), the investment capital is over VND 3,600 billion and BT2 wind farm which is located in Le Thuy district, with capacity of 100.8MW (24 turbines), the investment capital is more than VND 3,200 billion.
According to calculation, in the 1st construction year, the project shall contribute to the local budget with hundreds of billion VND from VAT, imported equipment, etc. After 1 year, when the wind power farm cluster comes into operation officially, connects to the national power grid with the estimated turnover of VND 1,000 billion, the company shall pay VAT to Quang Binh province with an amount of more than VND 100 billion annually. Also, with 45km internal traffic road connecting with turbine towers, the inter-commune, district public traffic infrastructure shall be improved and contribute to the socio-economic development in Quang Ninh and Le Thuy districts.
Besides, the 50-wind turbine system with the height of 145m alike modern, environmentally friendly "windmills" along the coastal area of Quang Binh will be the highlight of this area. This is expected to develop more tourism models and projects appropriate with Quang Binh in general, Quang Ninh and Le Thuy districts in particular. In combination with beautiful natural landscape, many monuments and landscapes in Quang Binh, this area shall become an attractive place for tourists coming to Quang Binh.
Recognizing the efforts of the Client and contractors in the project deployment, Mr. Tran Cong Thuat, Deputy Provincial Committee Secretary, Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee also highly appreciated the Departments, branches, localities those have cooperated fruitfully with the Clients and contractors to implement the project. Mr. Thuat proposed the Departments, branches and localities to continue paying close attention to the Client' tasks as their own tasks, contribute to the implementation of the Project on schedule, safely, without neglecting the task of Covid-19 epidemic prevention in the project area, for the sake of putting the project into operation on schedule.