Ninh Thuan grants investment licences to nine solar power projectsThe People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan province has granted investment licences to nine solar power projects worth over 12 trillion VND (527.4 million USD). So far, the province has counted 15 wind power projects and 27 solar power ones with designed capacity of nearly 800 MW and over 1,808 MW, respectively. Ninh Thuan is a typically hot and dry area in the south central part of Vietnam. It holds good solar energy potential with average sunshine hours of 2,600-2,800 per year. The province is finalising a master plan for solar energy from 2016 to 2020 with a vision to 2030, which aims to generate some 2,000MW of electricity by 2020.-VNA

Source: VietNamNet News June 01, 2018 03:45 UTC