On the afternoon of November 12, Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Tan Tuan said that the provincial People’s Committee had a meeting with representatives of J-Power Power Development Company (Japan) - the enterprise wished to cooperate. to invest in projects in Van Phong economic zone.

A corner at present Van Phong economic zone

At the meeting, the enterprise discussed about the possibility of investing and developing the Van Phong mixed cycle gas turbine power plant project in Ninh Thuy Industrial Park (Industrial Park) (Ninh Thuy ward, town. Ninh Hoa).

Reporting on the feasibility of the project, the representative of J-Power Power Development Company said that the Van Phong mixed cycle gas turbine power plant project, with a capacity of 3,000 MW, will be built at Ninh Thuy Industrial Park with a total area of ​​about 40ha, divided into 2 phases.

Phase 1, deploying the plant with 2 units of generators with a total capacity of 1,500MW, and commercial operation in 2025;

Phase 2 has a capacity of 1,500MW and goes into commercial operation after 2028.

Main material source is liquefied gas of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, partly imported; gas consumption is about 1.2 million tons / year (phase 1). The auxiliary material of the plant is diesel oil with a total consumption of 20,000m3 / year and is supplied by Vietnam’s petrochemical companies. All equipment invested in the project are the most advanced equipment available today.

The total investment of the project is nearly 3.2 billion USD.

According to information from Van Phong Economic Zone, the land of about 40ha of land that J-Power wants to use as a gas power project is clean land, the site clearance process has been completed. Basic infrastructure is ready as well.

However, at present, Khanh Hoa has not reported to the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the addition of some planned positions for gas power and liquefied gas storage that the Provincial People’s Committee has chosen in the past time.

"If the Ministry of Industry and Trade agrees to add to the power plan VIII, the Provincial People’s Committee will report to the units that have researched and want to invest in this field", Chairman of Khanh Hoa said.

It is known that J-Power Power Development Company has 60 years of experience in energy production and is the main power supplier for Japan. The company currently has 7 power plants in operation in Japan. All power plants operating up to now are safe, no matter what the environment affects. The company commits to absolutely ensure about environmental issues if approved for construction investment.