At the meeting, Executives of JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd presented the company’s plan of building a solar power plant in Hau Giang province. JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd is a global leader in the solar industry. The JinkoSolar Vietnam – Hau Giang plant is designed to produce approximately 40 MW.
According to James Gia Co, coordinator of the company’s projects in Vietnam, at the cost of 1.2 trillion VND (54 million USD).It will cover about 50 hectares at a location registered in Phung Hiep district’s Hoa An commune.
Administrative procedures are expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year, with land clearance, plant construction and operation scheduled for 2017.
Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Tuan said Hau Giang will facilitate the implementation of the energy project.
JinkoSolar Vietnam has to promptly submit details of the project, particularly its scale and environmental impacts, he noted.
In 2015, Hau Giang licensed the PetroVietnam Song Hong Investment and Trading Corporation to build a solar power plant worth over 1.5 trillion VND (67.5 million USD) in the same locality. The 40-MW plant will become operational in the second quarter of 2017.
