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PowerChina builds Southeast Asia’s largest solar power plant in Vietnam
than 1,000 installation/operation personnel, provided over 5,000 job opportunities, and built more than 30km of quality roads for the local communities.
POWERCHINA’s renewable expansion
POWERCHINA takes project development as the driving force to drive design and construction, equipment manufacturing, and power plant operation and maintenance businesses and build a high-quality localized business ecosystem. POWERCHINA proves itself with strength and wins the market with its reputation. Up to now, POWERCHINA has com pleted 50 renewable energy projects in Vietnam, including onshore wind power, offshore wind power and photovoltaic, with a total installed capacity of 5,540 MW, making it the largest EPC contractor of the power sector in Vietnam for 4 consecutive years.
The Loc Ninh solar power project is one of the largest photovoltaic power plants constructed in Southeast Asia so far, with a total installed capacity of 550MWp. It is located in Loc Ninh District, Binh Phuoc Province of Vietnam, consisting of Loc Ninh 1 (200MWp), Loc Ninh 2 (200MWp), Loc Ninh 3 (150MWp) and a 220kV step-up substation (utilised by the above 3 plants) which are implemented simultaneously. The project has been jointly undertaken by Powerchina International Group Ltd. (POWERCHINA INTERNATIONAL) and Powerchina
Zhongnan Engineering Co. Ltd. (POWERCHINA ZHONGNAN), both of which are subsidiaries of POWERCHINA – which is a Fortune Global 500.
Resilience amidst crisis
Throughout the construction period of the Project, the COVID-19 pandemic was ravaging the world. POWERCHINA INTERNATIONAL and POWERCHINA
ZHONGNAN, honouring the contract, had adopted a grid-based and closed-off management methodology, established an automatic temperature measurement system and provisioned sufficient medical supplies to minimise the health risk of all workers on site. After a series of effective antipandemic measures, the Project finally achieved zero COVID infection during the construction period. In order to compensate for the delays in equipment supply caused by the logistics “Black Swan Event” during the COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions in the rainy season, all teams from employers and contractors working on the Project had stuck together closely sparing no efforts for mutual goal day and night. Finally, over 180,000 piles, 20,000 sets of support structures and 1.2 million PV panels were properly installed.
POWERCHINA INTERNATIONAL and POWERCHINA ZHONGNAN aim to serve the Belt and Road initiative, adhering to the spirit of “extensive consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits,” and have donated living, entertainment, and office supplies to local schools and temples. Meanwhile, the construction of the project has trained more
As a specialized company with a history of more than 70 years and profound technology accumulation, POWERCHINA ZHONGNAN has actively participated in and successfully implemented a large number of major milestone hydropower and municipal projects in China, and won numerous industry recognitions.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, POWERCHINA ZHONGNAN has been committed to technology development, resource planning, survey and design, EPC and investment in the renewable energy field at both domestic and international markets, giving full play to its own technical and management advantages, successfully implemented many classic projects and continuously achieving business breakthroughs, which makes it an international new energy construction enterprise with influence.
Looking into the future, POWERCHINA ZHONGNAN will continue to insist on technology and management as its core competence, actively participate in and serve the economic development and energy transformation strategies, create more value for our clients and partners, and make due contributions to the economic development of the world. For more information, please visit: https://www.msdi.cn/en/