Largest yet thermo-electricity power plant to be built in Kien Giang Province

Relevant provincial agencies in Kien Giang Province are hurrying to work out a plan for land compensation and the clearing of the site where a thermo-electricity power plant will be constructed in the locality, according to Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Truong Quoc Tuan.

In a press conference on March 8th, the Party Secretary said that the Kien Luong thermo-electricity power plant will be finished quickly and will be largest such plant in Vietnam to date.

Under the current design plans, the plant will cover an area of nearly 600 ha in Kien Luong District and have a total electrical generating capacity of some 4,400 MW when fully operational.

The project is being invested in by the Tan Tao Group with a total budget of over US $7 billion.

Representatives from Tan Tao said the construction work on the power plant project will be divided into three phases. The first phase will be started in 2009 and finished by 2013, while the second phase will last from 2013 to 2016, with the third phase being completed in 2020.

After the completing of the first phase of construction, the plant will have a generating capacity of some 1,200 MW of electricity.

Source: SGGP