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China’s Envision to supply

turbines to 600-MW Monsoon

wind project in Laos

LAOS CHINA’S Envision Energy has agreed to supply successful execution track record will be key
wind turbines to the 600-MW Monsoon Wind enablers for the project to achieve its objectives
Project in Laos after signing a deal with develop- reliably and economically,” said IEAD managing
ers with Impact Energy Asia Development. director Nat Hutanuwatr.
The wind farm will commence construction The Monsoon Project has attracted global
this year and is expected to achieve commercial attention since its initial stages. IEAD’s affiliate,
operation in 2025, Envision said in a statement. Impact Electrons Siam Company (IES), started
Once completed, it will be the largest onshore developing the wind farm in 2011 and IEAD
wind farm in the ASEAN region, as well the signed a 25-year power purchase agreement
area’s first cross-border wind energy project. (PPA) with Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in July
The wind farm will be located in the Sekong 2021.
and Attapeu provinces in Southern Laos. Envision is also collaborating with IES on IES’
Envision plans to supply 133 units of its development of the Xekong Wind Project, a fur-
EN-171 wind turbines with a power rating of ther 1,000-MW wind farm on a site adjacent to
4.51 MW. the Monsoon Project.
The Monsoon Wind Project will generate IES recently announced that it had obtained
over 1,700 GWh of green energy each year. The exclusive rights from the Government of Lao
project’s electricity generation will be delivered PDR to conduct a feasibility study and prelim-
from Laos to Central Vietnam through the pro- inary environmental impact assessment for the
ject’s dedicated 500-kV transmission line. Xekong wind project.
“As we are making excellent progress in devel- IEAD is 55%-owned by Impact Wind Invest-
oping the first and largest cross-border wind ment and 45% by BCPG plc, a leading renewable
farm in Southeast Asia with a very competitive energy company in Thailand and Asia-Pacific.
tariff, we are delighted to welcome Envision to Thailand’s IES has over 1,900 MW of wind
join our exciting journey to deliver zero-carbon and solar energy projects under development
electricity. Envision’s state-of-the-art technology and operation in Thailand, Japan, Laos and
for the proposed wind turbine solution and its Vietnam.™

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