Vietnam: Building wind power projects on land costs less

Vietnam: Building wind power projects on land costs less

Vietnam has a large potential to develop wind power at sea but it should
focus on the development of wind power on land first, Nguyen Ngoc Tan, an
expert in wind power from Germany, suggested.

At a seminar on wind power issues in Vietnam held on the afternoon of April
6th, the Vietnamese national said that the cost to build a wind power
project at sea may be double that on land and that the construction and
operation of a wind power project at sea are evidently riskier.

"Vietnam's potential capacity of wind power at sea could double that on land
but the country should implement on-land wind power projects at first to
draw experiences and when it has enough knowledge, experience and expertise
as well as money, it can build wind marine power farms," said Tan on the
sidelines of the seminar.

According to reports, Vietnam potential wind power mounts to 500,000 mW per
year.

At this point, some 20 on-land wind power projects are implemented in the
provinces of Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan, Bac Lieu and Lam Dong, and a wind power
farm at sea has been built in Bac Lieu.

Experts said that the development of wind power is a future direction to
preserve environment and nature, which governments should invest more in
rather than hydro- and/or thermo-power projects.

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