US$69.2mil Solar PV Project officially breaks ground in Laos

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Occasions/Asia Information Community): The Photo voltaic Attapeu Energy Mission (SAPP), a US$69.2 million photo voltaic PV challenge, together with the transmission line, is ready to begin building works in Attapeu province and supply a catalyst for the renewable vitality sector in Laos.

The Governor of Attapeu province, Leth Sayaphone strikes a gong as auspicious blessing to the success of the Photo voltaic Attapeu Energy Mission.

As a part of the ceremony officers and challenge executives symbolically broke floor on the Photo voltaic Attapeu Energy Mission.

On Friday (Aug 12), the challenge developer, Photo voltaic Attapeu Energy Sole Firm, Ltd. (SAPC), held its official groundbreaking ceremony on the challenge web site, 37km marker in Hatxan village, Xaysettha district of the Southern province.

Since 2014 the SAPC improvement crew has labored in shut cooperation with the Lao authorities on the provincial and central ranges to pick this challenge web site and to develop this first-of-its-kind utility-scale photo voltaic PV challenge in Laos.

Talking on the ceremony, the Common Supervisor of SAPC Lao, Dr Sisavath Souvannavong, stated the photo voltaic challenge is scheduled for completion in late 2023 with an put in capability of 64MWdc/ 50MWac.

The plant will create vitality safety for the nation, employment alternatives for the Attapeu group, and generate 128GWh of annual electrical energy for direct sale to Electricite du Laos (EdL).

The Governor of Attapeu province, Leth Sayaphone, stated the challenge can be a driving power for socio-economic improvement within the province and would assist to enhance folks’s lifestyle.

Additionally attending the SAPP occasion have been Kyle Katoski, Head of Growth from SAPC’s headquarters in Singapore, and Maria Goravanchi, Regional Managing Director for Decrease Mekong (Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand) of the US Worldwide Growth Finance Company (DFC) – the event finance supporter of the challenge – and Bounna Bounghaseng, Attapeu Provincial Get together Committee, and Soulichanh Phonekeo, Head of Attapeu Provincial Administration Workplace.