South Korean firms eye wind power in Vietnam

"Kepco is currently cooperating with China and the U.S. to carry out wind power projects. We are willing to develop wind power projects in Vietnam’s coastal provinces in the coming time,” said Won. Won Young-jin from Kepco told the Daily on Wednesday that there were 20 South Korean enterprises attending the international exhibition on electrical technologies Elenex Vietnam 2012 in HCMC’s District 7. Among these firms, five enterprises specializing in renewable energy want to introduce technologies and seek Vietnamese partners to deploy renewable energy projects, especially wind power, he said.

In addition to wind power, Kepco is also in talks with Vietnam on construction of a nuclear power project.

Kepco won an EPCM (engineering, procurement, construction and management) package of a huge nuclear power project in the United Arab Emirates in late 2009. Seeing potentials for renewable energy in Vietnam, Kepco really wants to share the nuclear power technology with Vietnamese power companies, according to Won.

Elenex Vietnam 2012 opened on Wednesday in HCMC with the participation of 200 enterprises from 22 countries and territories. The three-day expo also includes conferences on voltage inverters, energy management and power transmission and distribution.