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Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prawit raises concerns over controversial Luang Prabang dam Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon is calling for international efforts to monitor the controversial Luang Prabang dam project in Laos and the impact it will have on the Mekong River, where water levels have been unusually low. The issue was raised yesterday […]
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Thailand Construction & Engineering News (Thailand-construction.com) publishes its 5,000th article We are very pleased to announce that the ‘Siemens Gamesa to supply 25 units of its SG 4.5-145 turbine for Vietnam’s Hoa Thang 1.2 wind farm’ article was our 5,000th published article since our first article on 7th July 2007, whoop! whoop!
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Siemens Gamesa to supply 25 units of its SG 4.5-145 turbine for Vietnam’s Hoa Thang 1.2 wind farm Siemens Gamesa helps to unlock surging renewable potential in Vietnam in deal to provide clean electricity to 240,000 people The company will supply 25 units of its SG 4.5-145 turbine for the Hoa Thang 1.2 wind farm, […]
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Southeast Asia’s largest solar power plant to be built in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam A 450 megawatt solar power plant, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, will be built in the south central province of Ninh Thuan in Vietnam. The construction of the solar farm in Phuoc Minh commune will start in the […]
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Vietnam has only weeks left to get its wind market back on track as wind power support scheme deadline looms Southeast Asia’s wind hero is fast falling from grace as the deadline of its wind power support scheme looms. Unless Vietnam acts now, it risks losing investors and developers as well as more power outages […]
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Nexif Energy secures funding for 92MW co-generation power project at the SSP industrial estate in Rayong province, Thailand. Nexif Energy, the Singapore-headquartered Asian and Australian power firm, announced that it had secured debt facility and partnership agreements for a 92-MW gas-fired co-generation project in Thailand, the company’s first investment in the country. Debt funding for […]
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New Dam Planned in Same District as 2018 Laos’ Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy Dam Disaster A new dam is readied to increase in southern Laos, in the district where 2 years ago a significant dam collapse created a flooding that was defined as the nation’s worst in years. On July 23, 2018, water put over a […]
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VinaCapital and industrial parks developer SAIGONTEL sets up solar power JV for rooftop solar projects in Vietnam SkyX Solar, a subsidiary of Vietnam-based asset manager VinaCapital, has joined forces with industrial park infrastructure and telecoms service provider SAIGONTEL to form a joint venture to develop rooftop solar projects in the country. SkyX Solar will have […]
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K2 Management secures owner’s engineer mandates for three wind projects in Vietnam K2 Management has secured three owner’s engineer mandates for wind projects in Vietnam, two of which are onshore, while the third is a nearshore development. The projects total 240MW of capacity and are all expected online in 2021. The largest of the projects […]
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Vietnam reduces capacity of coal-fired thermal power plants from 2020 until 2030 Vietnam will reduce the total capacity of coal-fired thermal power plants from 2020 until 2030, according to the National Steering Committee for Electricity Development. The reduction is mainly due to some thermal power projects delaying their development, while some localities have not agreed […]
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