Central Vietnam province Ha Tinh okays $644 mln wind power project

Ha Tinh province's authorities have green-lighted the 400MW Ky Anh wind power project with an investment of VND17 trillion ($644.37 million), which is set to go into operation in Q4/2028.

Tran Bao Ha, Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee, recently signed a decision granting in-principle approval for the project.

Bidding will be conducted to select investors for this land-using complex.

The project, to be located in the communes of Ky Xuan, Ky Anh and Ky Khang with a total survey area of about 5,069 hectares, will include 47 turbines, wih a capacity of 5-8.5 MW each.

The project will operate for 50 years, starting from the date of land and water surface allocation/lease by the state.

Previously, in April 2025, a corporation proposed developing the 400MW Ky Anh wind power project with an initial total investment of about VND17,051 billion ($646.3 million). Of this, the investor's equity is over VND3,410 billion, accounting for 20%, while mobilized capital is VND13,640.8 billion - the remaining.

Currently, Ha Tinh province is home to some large-scale wind power projects like the HBRE Group project with a total investment of VND4,687.4 billion. Its annual commercial electricity output is estimated at 350.357 GWh/year.

The Ky Anh DT2 wind power plant has a capacity of 49.5 MW. The project covers an area of about 2,698 hectares on land and about 4,416 hectares on sea surface in Ky Anh district and the old Ky Anh town.

Another is the Cam Xuyen 1 wind power plant project with a capacity of 70 MW (nearshore) in the old Cam Xuyen district.