Forty-two wind power plants put into commercial operation
Forty-two out of 106 wind power plants registering for commercial operation received Commercial Operation Date (COD) acceptance as of October 29, according to Vietnam Electricity (EVN).
At Hong Phong wind power farm (Photo: vneconomy.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Forty-two out of 106 wind power plants registering forcommercial operation received Commercial Operation Date (COD) acceptance as ofOctober 29, according to Vietnam Electricity (EVN).
The 42 plants have a total capacity of 2,131.3 MW.
Under the Prime Minister’s Decision dated September 10, 2018amending and supplementing several regulations on incentives for wind powerprojects in Vietnam, fixed preferential price of offshore wind power is 2,223 VND(9.8 US cents) while that of inland wind power is around 1,927 VND (8.5 US cents), excluding VAT.
The above prices are appliedto wind power projects with a part or the whole plant having commercialoperation date before November 1, 2021 and applied for 20 years from the dateof commercial operation.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Circulardated January 15, 2019 on the development of wind power projects and samplecontracts for wind power purchase, sellers must send the draft document on trialoperation process to buyers, thus setting the date of commercial operation andcalculating power output during trial run.
🔯 With the regulation, tens of wind power projects are at therisk of failing to start operations as schedule./.
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At Hong Phong wind power farm (Photo: vneconomy.vn) 
