Thermal power plants increasing on Hau River
Why are coal-run thermopower plants located on the Hau River? Why do the plants all use Chinese technology? Will there be another Formosa on the Hau River? These are questions raised by environmental experts about the appearance of many coal power plants believed to threaten the environment in the Mekong River Delta. According to Le Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Can Tho City’s Institute for Climate Change Studies, the map of projects in the southwest part of the Hau River, show a dense network of coal power plants, including Duyen Hai coal power plant in Tra Vinh province, and Lee & Man, Can Tho and Ca Mau gas power plant. No one knows why the plants are located at the Hau river mouth. Tuan commenting that coal-run power plants have been ‘mushrooming in Mekong Delta’, believes that loopholes in law enforcement are the reason. “Mekong Delta is not a coal basin. Why do the investors still want to develop coal power plants there, not in Quang Ninh province, where there is a large coal mine?” he asked.
