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The massive wind turbines tower over local villages, their blades rotating like giant fans on mountain ridges in Laos’ south-eastern Sekong province, generating electricity with every turn.
The 133 wind turbines have transformed the quiet rural landscape and helped Laos cement its reputation as the “Battery of Asia”, as the country adds wind power to its renewable energy mix, alongside hydropower and solar.
The project is testament not only to the potential of renewable energy to meet the region’s power needs. Its backers also hope it will mark a milestone in accelerating the creation of the much-discussed but long-delayed ASEAN Power Grid.
Connecting the region’s rapidly growing economies through a grid that can efficiently transmit electricity across borders will boost energy security and speed up investment and integration of green energy, said the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The bank said the aim is to create a fully integrated regional grid by 2045.
The Monsoon Wind Power project initiated by Impact Electrons Siam, a Thai clean energy and digital infrastructure developer, is South-east Asia’s largest wind farm and the first cross-border renewable energy project in Asia.
The US$950 million (S$1.2 billion) project, funded by a consortium of international and regional financial institutions including ADB, became operational in August 2025 after 27 months of construction.
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