Laos wind power project signs cross-border PPA
Out-Law News | 16 Jul 2021 | 12:03 am |
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Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has agreed to buy power from 600 megawatts (MW) windfarm the Monsoon Wind Project in southern Laos.
EVN and Impact Energy Asia Development (IEAD) signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for Monsoon which, once operational in 2025, will be the largest wind plant in southeast Asia. This is the first cross-border PPA for wind power in the region.
It is reported that the plant will cost $1.5 billion and will deliver electricity from Laos to central Vietnam through the project’s 500kV transmission line. Construction will start in 2022.