Dak Lak seeks help for wind power companies

Dak Lak Province People's Committee said that they had sent an official document to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to ask for support for wind power companies.

Dak Lak Province People's Committee said on September 8 that they had sent an official document to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to ask for support for wind power companies.

  

Dak Lak seeks help for wind power companies

The prime ministerial decision issued on September 10, 2018, increased the offshore feed-in tariff to 8.5 US cents per kWh. This has been applied to wind energy projects that go into operation by January 1 and last for 20 years.

Dak Lak has issued permits to eight wind power projects with a total capacity of 685MW. 85% of the Ea Nam Project has been completed and four other projects in Krong Buk District are 40-45% completed. However, the firms are facing many difficulties to follow the schedule as Covid-19 has badly affected import-export activities. Foreign experts have to be quarantined and the number of construction workers was limited.

Administrative procedures for a large project that needs 500kV substations and complicated ground clearance are also time-consuming.

Due to the difficulties, wind power firms have asked to extend the deadline for projects to go into operation to November 1.