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Wind Power News: Vietnam
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100-ton wind turbine blades fall to pieces in Vietnam
Blades of a wind turbine totaling 100 tons fell off 140 meters and broke into pieces in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on Friday. Residents of Hoa Binh District heard a loud noise at around 5 p.m. Friday and saw wing blades at Hoa Binh Wind Power No. 5 fell to the ground. No person was injured. Authorities of the district were seen on site Saturday morning to examine the accident. The blades, each of which is 80 . . . Complete story »
Wind turbine collapse at Mekong Delta flagship farm
A wind turbine suffered a major collapse earlier this week on a flagship renewable energy project in Vietnam’s Bac Lieu province, according to local media reports. The incident occurred on the Hoa Binh 5 wind farm, operated by local developer Hacom Bac Lieu Energy in a region of coastal flatlands in the Mekong Delta, according Vietnamese news website Dan Tri. A broken tower resulted in the nacelle and blades falling crashing to the ground. The blades “broke into many sections, . . . Complete story »
Ministry proposes halt on offshore wind surveys
The ministry said developing offshore wind power was appropriate to the orientation of sustainable marine economy development and the commitment at COP26 to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. HÀ NỘI The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has proposed a temporary halt on appraisal and approval for the surveying of offshore wind power projects due to a number of legal and technical problems. The ministry said that it had received many proposals about offshore wind power surveying, including wind . . . Complete story »
Farmers in Vietnam’s commune protest wind power project over alleged damage
Many households in a commune in Vietnam have barred the ongoing building of a wind power plant to claim compensation for damage allegedly caused by the construction. Over the past several days, many residents have gathered in front of the construction site of a licensed wind power project in Thanh Hai Commune, Thanh Phu District, Ben Tre Province to express their opposition, local authorities said. Alleging that the building of the plant has caused damage to their houses, crops, and . . . Complete story »
Construction debris at Quang Tri Province wind farms bury farmlands
Rocks and soil dug up for wind farm projects in Quang Tri Province constantly roll down hillsides and destroy paddy fields down below. In Huong Hoa District, 18 wind farms are nearing completion and will begin commercial operation on November 1. But according to the province Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, some have yet to take measures to keep construction debris safe. Rocks and soil dug up to build the Tai Tam wind farm project in Huc Commune . . . Complete story »
Fire destroys wind farm turbine in central Vietnam
An 80-meter high wind turbine costing hundreds of thousands of dollars caught fire at the Phong Dien 1 Wind Farm Sunday. The farm in Tuy Phong District in the south central province of Binh Thuan has 20 turbines. Witnesses say black smoke billowed out of one of the turbines Sunday and there were explosive sounds before the blade fell to the ground. Due to the turbine’s height, the fire could not be put down by the wind farm’s staff and . . . Complete story »
140 hectares of once protection forest wiped out in south-central Vietnam
A total of 140 hectares of once protection forest in the south-central Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh have been cleared after a local energy company was tasked with managing the area. The provincial People’s Committee has transferred the case to police officers for further investigation, Nguyen Viet Hung, deputy head of the Binh Dinh Economic Zone Administration, confirmed on Thursday. According to Hung, a poplar forest covering an area of 250 hectares in Tuy Phuoc and Phu Cat Districts was . . . Complete story »
Hundreds of villagers hold officials hostage over Vietnam power plant plans
Hundreds of villagers in central Vietnam’s Binh Dinh province held five local officials hostage for a day before releasing them late on Friday to demand that authorities free more than a dozen people detained for holding an environmental protest, according to sources. Residents of My Tho and My An communes, in Binh Dinh’s Phu My district, on Wednesday held a protest against what state media has reported are plans by Vietnam Trading Engineering Construction’s (Vietracimex) to construct a wind power . . . Complete story »
Wind power makes things difficult for swallows
After a lot of disastrous consequences of hydropower plants have been found, wind power has been considered as the preeminent alternative solution. However, recent surveys have found that wind power also has certain impacts on the environment and the ecological balance as well. In the US, nearly 600,000 bats have been killed by the wind power plants’ turbines. Meanwhile, Vietnam plans to set up wind power plants in the areas which are the favorite spaces for salanganes. According to Nguyen . . . Complete story »
Island wind farm remains unrepaired after two-year breakdown
VIETNAM – Bach Long Vi Youth Island authorities in northern Hai Phong City have let the country’s first wind electricity farm fall into disuse since it broke down two years ago. The US$2 million wind farm on the island stopped operating in early 2006 after technicians from Spain, who had overseen the project, returned to their country. The island’s source of renewable energy worked during a three month testing and over one year’s guarantee period under the control of the Spanish . . . Complete story »
