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Wind power in Vietnam

Airport contract in Malaysia

In early June, the board of directors of Sarawak Cable Berhad (SCABLE) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Trenergy Infrastructure had received a Letter of Acceptance from Sarawak Energy Berhad for the proposed Tudan-Miri Airport 132kV transmission line project. The project commenced on 17 th June 2013 and is expected to be completed within 15 months (September 2014). The transmission line project is expected to contribute positively to the earnings and net assets of Sarawak Cable Group for the financial years ending 31 st December 2013 and 31 st December 2014. SCABLE currently manufactures low voltage power cables and wires, and high voltage bare conductors. Low voltage power cables and wires such as single-core power cables and wires and multi-core power cables and wires are principally used in distribution lines, as well as inside homes, offices and factories. The high voltage bare conductors are typically used in overhead transmission lines and distribution lines.

Nearly three years after construction began, a wind power plant in the southern coastal province of Bac Lieu has been linked to the national grid. The plant, the first of its kind in the Mekong Delta and the second in Vietnam, has a capacity of 56 million kilowatts a year. Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted Pham Hoang Be, chairman of Bac Lieu, saying the plant marks the start of clean energy development in the delta. When finally completed in June 2014, the 500-hectare wind farm will have 62 turbines on 80m towers, producing around 320 million kilowatts a year. Cong Ly Construction, Commerce and Tourism Company in Ca Mau province is building the plant, partly funded by loans from the US Export-Import Bank. The country’s first wind power plant went on stream in April 2012, in the central province of Binh Thuan, after a three year trial run. It has a capacity of 90 million kilowatts. A study by the province has assessed that it has wind power potential of over 5,000 megawatts.

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