In the early morning, on the ridge line of Savannakhet Province in Laos, 48 huge white wind turbines rotate in the wind, with their blades cutting through the sky. Under the feet of these steel giants is the Shawan No.1 wind farm built by T&T Group with a budget of 768 million US dollars. Since the commercial operation button was pressed at the end of last year, this has become one of the busiest corners on Laos' energy map. In just 7 months, the project delivered a large amount of clean electricity to Vietnam, exchanging approximately $36.5 million in real gold and silver. This is not only a considerable income, but also a crucial step for Laos to move from a "battery" to a "power transmitter".

Cross border transmission corridor

The electricity has been sent out, how can it be delivered? This is the core challenge of cross-border energy projects. T&T Group is well aware of this and has synchronously planned an energy artery at the beginning of the project launch. A 220 kV cross-border transmission line with a total length of nearly 70 kilometers has emerged, running directly from Savannakhet to Quang Tri Province in Vietnam. The construction of this route took only 12 months, demonstrating an astonishing speed of construction. Four months after the completion of the line, the first phase of the project successfully achieved full capacity commercial grid connection. This channel not only opens up physical barriers, but also connects the energy supply and demand markets of the two countries, allowing Laos' green electricity to smoothly connect to the power grid system in central and northern Vietnam.

New Engine of Green Economy

The first phase of Shawan No.1 wind farm has an installed capacity of 300 megawatts and is currently operating smoothly. Data shows that the wind farm can deliver approximately 900 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity to Vietnam annually, with an expected annual revenue of 62.5 million US dollars. With the overall progress of the project, the final installed capacity will reach 495 megawatts, and the annual power generation will soar to 1.4 billion kilowatt hours, with an expected annual revenue of nearly 97.3 million US dollars. For Laos, this is not only a growth point for foreign exchange income, but also a successful practice of transforming natural resources into development advantages. The stable income stream proves that clean energy has become a new engine driving regional economic growth.keywords:New energy information network

Ambition of a 10000 MW territory

Shawan No.1 is not the endpoint of T&T Group, but an important chess piece in its grand map. This project is a key part of its comprehensive new energy strategy, and the company is simultaneously focusing on multiple tracks such as wind power, photovoltaic, and liquefied natural gas power generation. According to the plan, T&T Group aims to increase the total installed capacity of its energy projects to 25000 to 30000 megawatts by 2035. This means that in the next decade, more projects similar to Shawan 1 will take root in Southeast Asia and continue to reshape the regional energy supply pattern.Editor/Yang Meiling