Korean enterprises explore investment in solar power park in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - Sunpower Solar Power Company (Korea) had a working session with Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on the investment project of Solar Power Park in the province.
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| Overview of the working session between the Provincial People's Committee and KEPCO Korea. Photo: Nguyen Son |
| On the afternoon of July 11, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee had a working session with Sunpower Solar Power Company. Attending the meeting were Comrade Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of the Departments of Planning and Investment, Construction, Industry and Trade. On the partner side, there were Mr. Park Bo Gon - Chief Representative of the Korea Electric Power Corporation in Southeast Asia; Mr. Nguyen Van Quang - General Director of Sunpower Company; Mr. Lee Kang Sung - Director of the Solar Power Project; Mr. Park Chang Hwan - General Director of FDI Vietnam Company. |
At the meeting, Sunpower Solar Power Company under the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) proposed that the People's Committee of Nghe An province study options for approaching and surveying participation in thermal power projects at the Quynh Lap Power Center - Southeast Economic Zone. Currently, power projects in Quynh Lap have investors who are slow to implement. If an agreement is reached, KEPCO can participate in the implementation.
Sunpower Solar Energy Company also proposed to invest in Sunpower Solar Park in Ru Rim in Nghi Yen and Nghi Tien communes, Nghi Loc district. The scale of this project is from 20 - 100 MW on an area of about 70-80 hectares. The expected investment capital is from 25 - 150 million USD. If approved, the project can start in 2017 and be completed and put into use in 2020..
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| Representative of KEPCO Group - Korea at the meeting with the Provincial People's Committee. Photo: Nguyen Son |
Leaders of some departments and branches of Nghe An province welcomed the goodwill and investment desire of Sunpower Solar Power Company. Investing in solar power is a sustainable trend with little impact on the environment, encouraged by the Vietnamese Government and Nghe An Province. However, the decision on investment policy requires close investigation, on the basis of ensuring no major impact on production land and residential land of the people.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong acknowledged and highly appreciated the potential of KEPCO and Sunpower Solar Power Company. In particular, investing in the exploitation of solar power or wind power is a sustainable direction.
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province requested the investor to closely coordinate with the provincial departments and agencies to conduct field surveys to decide on suitable options; at the same time, introduce to the KEPCO investor some areas that the partner is interested in investing in.
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| Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong highly appreciated the ideas of KEPCO - Korea on investing in solar power and suggested that the partner work closely with relevant agencies to make investment decisions. Photo: Nguyen Son |
Regarding the desire of investors to participate in the thermal power project in Quynh Lap (Hoang Mai town), KEPCO and Sunpower Solar Power Company need to work specifically with the relevant parties. If the parties agree to a joint venture, it will contribute to putting this project into operation soon.
The Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee also assigned the provincial Investment Promotion Center to support KEPCO and Sunpower Solar Power Company in finding investment opportunities in Nghe An on the basis of promoting Nghe An's advantages and ensuring harmony of interests between the parties.
Nguyen Son
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