SE Asia’s biggest wind farm reshapes cross-border energy

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In what is considered to be Asia’s first cross-border ( non-hydropower ) renewable energy project, Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm, the 600-megawatt ( MW ) Monsoon Wind Power Project in southern in Laos, has started to export energy to neighbouring electricity-hungry Vietnam, under a 25-year agreement with state-owned utility Electricity of Vietnam ( EVN ), which plays a central role in Vietnam’s power sector.

The wind farm, operated by Monsoon Wind Power Company, is the first wind power project in Laos and includes 133 wind turbines and a 22-kilometre transmission line crossing the Vietnam-Laos border.

The project supports the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( Asean ) power grid connectivity goals by demonstrating cross-border electricity trade between member nations. Laos, which used to be called “Southeast Asia’s battery”, gains energy diversification beyond hydropower while Vietnam is able to get wider access to renewable power supply for its energy transition and decarbonization.

Source: Wikipedia