ACEN continues to bolster renewable energy capacity in Vietnam

ACEN and BIM Group, through their respective subsidiaries, recently announced that the companies’ joint venture development for the 88MW Ninh Thuan wind farm located in South Central Vietnam has received an innovative $107 million financing package from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and parallel lenders to support the plant’s operations and the partners’ common goal to aid the country to reach its climate action targets.

Leveraging Vietnam’s strong potential for wind power, ACEN has jointly developed wind projects with its long-time partners in the country, including the BIM Group. Their joint project, the Ninh Thuan Wind farm, commenced operations in September 2021 and is expected to produce 339 gigawatt hours of renewable energy per year that will help avoid 215,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually.

ACEN international CEO Patrice Clausse said, “This major boost to our wind farm’s financing from the Asia-Pacific climate bank, ACEN’s long-standing financing partner ADB, and our other parallel lenders will help catalyse renewable energy capacity by 2030. It sends an important message to the market to scale up climate-resilient investments with sufficient speed to help deliver our respective net-zero goals.”

Jackie B. Surtani, ADB Private Sector Operations Department's Infrastructure Finance Division director for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific said, “Energy demand in Vietnam has grown rapidly even during the pandemic, and it is crucial that this demand is met through clean energy that will drive sustainable economic growth. This project is a crucial step toward Vietnam’s resilience and ongoing recovery by further expanding the country’s renewable energy mix and contributing to its net-zero targets.”

ADB will also grant the Ninh Thuan Wind farm an additional $5 million from the Goldman Sachs and Bloomberg Philanthropies-backed Climate Innovation and Development Fund. The grant will be used for initiatives to mitigate environmental and social risks.

With ACEN’s rapid progress in the development of its projects in Vietnam, the company moves even closer toward its aim to accelerate the energy transition in the region and achieve its bold vision to reach 20GW of renewable capacity by 2030.

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