V1-2 Wind Power Plant Project includes 12 wind turbines with a total capacity of 48MW, total registered investment capital of VND 2,232 billion (equivalent to more than USD 97 million); located in Truong Long Hoa commune, Duyen Hai town, Tra Vinh province belonging to Dinh An Economic Zone; approved by Tra Vinh Provincial People’s Committee on 24 April 2019; the joint venture of Truong Thanh Vietnam Group Joint Stock Company and Sermsang Power Corporation Public Company Limited (Thailand) are the investors; Truong Thanh Tra Vinh Wind Power Joint Stock Company directly organized the implementation with the participation of General Contractor Power China (China) and Project Management Consultant AFRY (Switzerland); the ground breaking took place on 14 August 2020; the construction of the work items of the Project were officially started from March 2021; the commercial operation date (COD) was on 21 October 2021.
Mr. Dang Trung Kien, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Truong Thanh Vietnam Group Joint Stock Company (TTVN Group) chaired the ceremony, he, on behalf of the Joint Venture, warmly welcomed the presence of Mr. Le Van Han, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People’s Committee together with representatives of the local authorities and departments, and presented an overview of the project implementation progress and emphasized: The V1-2 Project was commenced at the time of the outbreaks of Covid-19 epidemic and lasted until today that caused numerous difficulties due to the disruption of the global supply chain bringing about the delay in the import and transportation of input equipment, social distancing and medical isolation measures were applied, that caused many obstacles to the entry of foreign experts and the mobilization of local human resources of investors and contractors; it also took more time for the competent authorities to handle the related procedures…
Mr. Dang Trung Kien, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TTVN Group made a speech
Mr. Dang Trung Kien said that, in such a difficult context, the V1-2 project was not only delayed but also became the first offshore wind power project in Tra Vinh province to be completed as scheduled as specified in the investment policy decision of the People’s Committee of Tra Vinh Province that can be considered a miracle and such miracle was created by a combination of objective and subjective factors, including the great support from the ministries and departments at the central level; the highest support and facilitation from the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People’s Committee and the Party Committee levels, the authorities of Duyen Hai Town, Truong Long Hoa Commune and the local competent authorities, all together with the high determination of the Investors, the Consultants and Construction Contractors.
On this occasion, Mr. Dang Trung Kien expressed his gratitude to the functional agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Electricity of Vietnam, Vietnam Maritime Administration, the Party committee levels, the government and competent authorities and departments of Tra Vinh province and the local people, all enthusiastically supported and created favorable conditions for the enterprises during the implementation of the Project, and at the same time he highly appreciated the role of Sermsang Power Corporation Public Company Limited for the cooperation and accompanying with TTVN Group in this project, affirmed the achieved successes and the challenges that the two parties overcame together are enough to prove the good cooperative relationship built on the basis of mutual trust and understanding, this is the basis for the two parties to continue to invest in the upcoming projects. Mr. Kien also thanked the contractors AFFRY of Switzerland, Power China of China, ACIT of Vietnam and commended Truong Thanh Tra Vinh Wind Power Joint Stock Company for the best efforts to put the plant into commercial operation as scheduled and still ensure all the technical requirements.
According to Mr. Dang Trung Kien, the success of Tra Vinh V1-2 Wind Power Plant Project further affirms the position of Truong Thanh Vietnam as one of the pioneering enterprises in the field of investment and construction of renewable energy projects in Vietnam when 04 renewable power projects with a total capacity of 405MW and clusters of rooftop solar power projects with a capacity of dozens of MWp were put into commercial operation. With the accumulated experience and capacity, the Company believes that it will continue to contribute to the country’s energy development and wishes to receive more support from the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People’s Committee and relevant authorities and departments of Tra Vinh province in the coming time so that Truong Thanh Vietnam Group can participate in investing in many new projects as practical to contribute to the industrialization and modernization of the country in general and of Tra Vinh province in particular.
Leaders of TTVN and TTTV at the inauguration ceremony.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Le Van Han, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee, on behalf of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People’s Committee, acknowledged the efforts of the construction unit and the investor, who had overcome difficulties and made their best efforts to complete the works on schedule; he also affirmed that this is one of the important projects of the province, in order to develop the marine economy as well as the economy, culture and society in the coming time and emphasized the socio-economic significance of the project demonstrated by the numbers: The plant provided more than 168 million KW/hour per year, met the power consumption demand of about 100,000 households and about 15% of the power consumption demand of Tra Vinh province, contributed to the local state budget about VND 38 billion /year…
With the operation of V1-2 Wind Power Plant, Ba Dong sea, Tra Vinh province appeared a new highlight that symbolized the footprint of the period of industrialization, modernization and the 4.0 revolution – the petals of the pinwheel carrying the TTVN – SERMSANG brands have been diligently rotating in the open sea and sky, converted the wind into a source of green – clean energy for life, contributed to the construction of the land of Tra Vinh to become richer and more beautiful./.
Performing the ribbon cutting ceremony to inauguration of V1-2 Wind Power Plant Project
Delegates attended the inauguration ceremony of V1-2 Wind Power Plan