BCPG assembles Asia’s largest wind farm in Laos

BCPG Plc, the renewable energy technology arm of Bangchak Company Plc, is planning to construct Asia’s largest wind farm in Laos in cooperation with PowerChina Worldwide.

Niwat Adirek, president of BCPG and an govt committee member of Affect Vitality Asia Improvement (IEAD), signed an engineering, procurement and development take care of executives of PowerChina to develop a brand new wind farm named “Monsoon” with an electrical energy technology capability of 600 megawatts.

The signing ceremony was held at BCPG’s headquarters in Bangkok yesterday.

The onshore Monsoon wind farm goes to be operated by IEAD.

Below an settlement between BCPG and the federal government of Laos signed final yr, the wind farm is to be developed on an space overlaying 400,000 rai, or 64,000 hectares, in southern Laos.

The power is situated close to the Mekong River, throughout from Thailand’s northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani.

The price of growth is estimated to be US$1.5 billion.

BCPG’s wind energy services in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The corporate is planning to develop a brand new wind farm, the most important in Asia, in Laos.

The Lao authorities granted a 25-year concession to the operator of the wind farm, which spans two districts — Dak Cheung in Sekong province and Sanxay in Attapeu province — in accordance with the web site of the Asia Wind Vitality Affiliation.

Mr Niwat stated the cooperation with PowerChina Worldwide would assist the event of the wind farm as a result of the Chinese language firm has experience within the development of energy infrastructure, notably wind farms situated in advanced terrain in China and different international locations.

BCPG plans to purchase an influence technology system from Envision Co because it matches the wind speeds recorded within the space.

He expects the operation of the brand new wind farm to begin in 2025.

The corporate plans to promote electrical energy to state-run Vietnam Electrical energy provided through 500-kilovolt transmission traces.

When it comes to Thailand, BCPG lately introduced plans to affix the state renewable power scheme overseen by the Vitality Regulatory Fee, submitting proposals to develop and function wind and photo voltaic farms with a capability of 100MW.