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Laos wind farm supplies clean power to Vietnam
Laos’s 600MW Monsoon wind farm is supplying clean power to Vietnam from Sekong province in the country’s south-east.
The project has 133 turbines and is South-east Asia’s largest wind farm, according to the story.
Developed by Thai company Impact Electrons Siam, it cost US$950 million and became operational in August 2025.
It is the first cross-border renewable energy project in Asia, and is expected to avoid about 33 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over 25 years.
The project’s backers hope it will help advance the ASEAN Power Grid, a plan to link countries’ electricity networks and make it easier to trade power.
The Asian Development Bank says the aim is a fully integrated regional grid by 2045, but progress has been slow since the initiative began in 2007.
The project could eventually send surplus electricity through existing connections to other countries, including Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, its general manager said.
The Monsoon Wind Power project in Laos’s Sekong province supplies clean energy to neighbouring Vietnam.
The 600MW wind farm is South-east Asia’s largest and Asia’s first cross-border renewable energy project.
It has 133 turbines and became operational in August 2025 after 27 months of construction.
The US$950 million project is expected to help avoid about 33 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over 25 years.
Its backers hope it can support wider regional electricity connections through the ASEAN Power Grid.
- Who
- The Monsoon Wind Power project, initiated by Thai developer Impact Electrons Siam, supplies the power.
- What
- A 600MW wind farm generates clean electricity for export to Vietnam.
- When
- It became operational in August 2025.
- Where
- The wind farm is in Sekong province in south-eastern Laos, and its power is supplied to Vietnam.
- Why
- It generates renewable electricity and could support wider regional power connections.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The memorandum of understanding for the ASEAN Power Grid was signed.
The ASEAN Power Grid initiative was implemented.
The Monsoon Wind Power project was built over 27 months.
The project became operational and began supplying clean energy to Vietnam.
- Location
- Sekong province, south-eastern Laos
- Turbines
- 133
- Capacity
- 600MW
- Project cost
- US$950 million
- Operational start
- August 2025
- Expected emissions avoided
- About 33 million tonnes over 25 years
What people are saying
they look nice
If we have surplus, we want to support the ASEAN Power Grid through our existing system to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore as well