'Made in Vietnam' wind turbines to be installed in RoK project
VOV.VN -A total of 10 wind turbine towers with a capacity of 10MW produced by CS Wind Vietnam factory will be exported to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in late April in order to serve the Jeonnam 1 wind power project (99MW), according to a representative of the factory based in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province's Phu My industrial park.
This marks the first commercial-scale project of the RoK's to be located off the coast of Jeonnam province in the southwestern region.
As planned, the project is set to be put into operation this year, providing green energy to roughly 60,000 households in the RoK.
This batch of manufactured turbine towers is part of CS Wind’s supply contract package for Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Company (Siemens Gamesa) and is in Siemens Gamesa's contract to supply wind turbines for the Jeonnam 1 offshore wind power project.
Jeonnam 1 represents a joint venture between SK E&S Group, one of the RoK's biggest groups, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) Group, the world's largest investor focusing on investing in renewable energy projects which is also the world's leading developer of offshore wind power projects.
Radoslaw Rams, director of Offshore Project Management in the Asia-Pacific region of Siemens Gamesa, said that the CS Wind Vietnam turbine tower factory plays an important role as part of the supply chain for Siemens Gamesa's offshore wind power projects, not only in the Asia-Pacific region, but also globally.
The selection of CS Wind Vietnam for Jeonnam 1, the first offshore wind project run by Siemens Gamesa in the RoK, therefore demonstrates the company's confidence in CS Wind's ability to provide products that meet high standards and are refined to suit the characteristics of new markets, Rams said.
He also looks forward to continuing to co-operate with CS Wind on this project, as well as other projects in the future.
Stuart Livesey, representative of CIP Group in Vietnam, said that the nation is in a favourable position to develop the domestic supply chain to serve domestic offshore wind power projects. Indeed, the country also boast huge potential to become a hub for exporting items such as turbine foundations, turbine towers, offshore transformer stations, and other components to serve offshore wind power projects in the region.
Along with the Government's upcoming policies aimed at encouraging and initiating the offshore wind power industry, Livesey commented that the country has the opportunity to gain great socio-economic benefits from developing domestic supply chains, autonomously producing green energy to ensure energy security.
