Quang Ngai set for 2.5 billion USD plant

The Quang Ngai Provinccial people’s Committee has sought approval from the Ministry of Industry and Trade to build a 2,400MW thermal power plant at a cost of around 2.59 billion USD in the Dung Quat Economic Zone.

The Dung Quat Thermal Power Plant, to be located in Binh Son district, will have four turbines.

While the first will be completed in 2015, all four will be in operation by 2019.

The plant will operate on oil and coal imported from Australia and Indonesia .

The Sai Gon-Dung Quat Investment and Development Joint Stock Company plans to invest and build the plant.