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May 2023
By
Michelle Lewis
Southeast Asia's largest
onshore wind farm just broke ground
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Monsoon Wind, Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm, is Laos’
first wind project, and it’s also the region’s first cross-border wind
power plant.
The 600-megawatt (MW) Monsoon
Wind, which is owned by Thailand-based Impact Energy Asia
Development, has just kicked off construction. The site is in
southeastern Laos, in the Sekong and Attapeu provinces, at an
elevation of 1,200-1,600 meters (3,937-5,249 feet) above sea level.
The 133-wind turbine wind farm will sell its power to state-owned
Vietnam Electricity for 25 years. It will deliver the generated clean
energy to central Vietnam through a 500kV transmission line.
Last month, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp said that it and other
shareholders raised $692 million in financing for Monsoon Wind.
According to Monsoon’s website,
the total project cost is $950 million.
Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm is scheduled to come online
in 2025. Check out the project’s expected impact on the region in the
video below:
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Photo: Monsoon Wind
Hydroelectricity currently makes up 70% of total power generation in
Laos, and it has at least 10 onshore wind projects – 3.6 gigawatts of
projects – in planning stages.
Landlocked Laos, which has an export-oriented energy policy, is keen
to establish its reputation as the “battery of Southeast Asia.” It’s
one of Asia’s largest exporters of hydroelectricity. Nikkei
Asia notes:
Around 80% of the power generated in Laos is sold to neighboring
Thailand and Vietnam, accounting for 30% of the country’s exports by
value. Laos started power exports to Singapore in 2022 and began
building transmission infrastructure in January for selling
electricity to Cambodia.
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