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KEPCO approved the Vietnam Vung Ang 2 project agenda at the board meeting held on the afternoon of the 5th.
The Bungang 2 project is a method in which KEPCO and Mitsubishi of Japan each invest 40% of the total cost of 2.2 billion dollars (about 2.6 trillion won). In April 2009, KEPCO signed a trade agreement (MOU) with the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Vietnam. In March this year, the Korea Development Institute (KDI) also approved a preliminary feasibility study.
The agenda was expected to be resolved by the board of directors last month, but was postponed once. As a result, KEPCO will carry out overseas coal power plant projects from the Java 9 and 10 projects in Indonesia in June to the Vung Ang 2 project in Vietnam. So far, criticism of KEPCO’s overseas projects for coal-fired power plants has been criticized by political and environmental groups.
Greenpeace Seoul office, Climate Solutions, Green Alliance and Environmental Movement Alliance, four environmental organizations said in the middle of last month, “The greenhouse gas that KEPCO promotes in Indonesia and Vietnam amounts to hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases. greenhouse effect”. If it happens, the way for Korea to remove the stigma of being a ‘climate villain’ in the international community will be a long way off. “
In addition, some opinions raised doubts about the profitability of thermal power plants abroad. In response, KEPCO said: “All final AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) scores, including economic and public sectors, were 0.5 or higher, and the eight evaluators of the preliminary feasibility study evaluated it as’ commercial feasibility ‘”. I’m hitting myself.
In the end, KEPCO decided to promote the Indonesian project after retaining the vote once, and then go ahead with the Vietnam project.
Industry Minister Sung Yun-mo also attended the National Assembly Industry, Commerce and Energy Small and Medium Enterprises Committee on the 18th of last month and said: overseas, such as Indonesia’s Java 9 and 10 project and Vietnam’s Vung Ang 2 project on time. ” Done.
However, Minister Seong also said, “There is a request from the other country in the future, and we will consider the advancement of public companies to overseas power generation projects under conditions that are significantly strengthened, such as contributing to the improvement of the environment and related ecosystem of the other country. “
(Sejong = News 1)
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