First solar plant in Hau Giang begins operations

MVietnam’s infrastructure development consultancy and investment firm HALCOM Vietnam JSC and Japan’s renewable energy firm Shizen Energy have invested VND700 billion ($30.4 million) in the plant.

It has 79,000 solar panels and is expected to produce 50,800 megawatt-hours of electricity a year for annual revenues ofVND 80 billion.

Its investors said that they will continue expanding the solar plant to increase its capacity to 40 megawatt-peak.

In the Mekong Delta, there are several solar plants operating, including the 21 Sao Mai – An Giang Solar Plant in An Giang Province with the total capacity of 210 MWp and five solar plants in Long An Province with a total capacity of 239 MWp.