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Trungnam Group opens 100-MW
Dong Hai 1 wind farm in Vietnam
ASIA VIETNAMESE renewable developer Trung- presence in Vietnam to ensure that we produce
nam Group has opened its pioneering 100-MW the best solutions available to help our valued
Dong Hai 1 intertidal wind farm in the country’s customers accelerate the development of wind
Tra Vinh province. energy in the country.”
The company installed the final wind tur- The project is bigger that the 78-MW Hiep
bine at the site on October 17, 2021, it said in a Thanh wind farm in Tra Vinh Province, for
statement on January 16 following an opening which Siemens Gamesa won a turbine supply
ceremony. contract in 2020.
Project company Trungnam Tra Vinh 1 Wind The 78-MW Hiep Thanh wind farm is Sie-
Power built the scheme, in 10 months, with 25 mens Gamesa’s fifth nearshore project in Viet-
Siemens Gamesa wind turbines being installed nam, and confirms the company as one of the
at a total project cost of €194mn. largest players in the Vietnamese nearshore
The scheme is also known as the Tra Vinh segment.
wind power V1-7 project, and will generate a As well as the Tra Vinh Dong Hai 1 and
maximum of 330mn kWh per year. Hiep Thanh wind farms, Siemens Gamesa has
“The successful operation of the Dong Hai also supplied turbines to 174 MW of nearshore
1 wind power project will add approximately capacity, making it one of the largest players in
330mn kWh of green energy annually and con- the growing Vietnamese nearshore market.
nect to the national grid, help diversify sources Tra Vinh Province also boasts Modern
and gradually approach the ability to balance Energy Management’s (MEM) 48-MW Tra
sources with fossil energy, especially in the Vinh Wind Power (TWPC) intertidal wind farm
context of international orientation toward a project.
‘zero-carbon’ future,” Trungnam Group said in The $104mn Tra Vinh project is backed by
October 2021 upon the completion of the project investors Climate Investor One (CIO) and ST
construction. International. CIO is a blended finance facility
The 100-MW Dong Hai 1 wind farm is delivering renewable energy infrastructure pro-
Trungnam Group’s first offshore wind power jects in emerging markets, and has been devel-
project. It is moving into the offshore wind sec- oping this project since 2017.
tor from its base in the solar and onshore wind Power demands are predicted to double
sector in Vietnam. between 2020 and 2030 in Vietnam. To meet
Siemens said in 2021 that the project would that need, the target wind capacity in Vietnam
feature its 25 SG 5.0-145 model turbines. continues to rise, with the Vietnam Energy
Siemens Gamesa has also signed a Association planning a capacity of 15-20 GW
20-year long-term contract to provide operation by 2030. MEM supports investors of land-based
and maintenance services for the project, ensur- and intertidal wind projects in Vietnam with a
ing turbine and farm performance and maxim- current estimated capacity over 1.5 GW. Of that
ising the business case for the customer. total, over 350 MW are intertidal wind projects
Paulo Soares, CEO of Siemens Game- at various stages of development.
sa’s Onshore business unit in Asia-Pacific,
stated: “We are investing to grow our team and
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