Construction of the biggest solar power plant in Vietnam has started, with capacity of 168 MW and total investment of approximately 4,400 billion Vietnamese dong.
According to its investor, the Singaporean CMX RE Sunseap Vietnam, the plant will annually supply over 200 kWh of electricity to the national power grid when it becomes operational in 2019. MenaFN reports
The provincial authorities said that about 30 Vietnamese and foreign investors have been approved to build solar power plants in Ninh Thuan region which has potential of tapping some 9,000 MW of solar energy.
The provincial authorities noted that besides the power plant invested by CMX RE Sunseap Vietnam, three solar power plants with total capacity of 130 MW invested by other investors are under construction in the province.