On November 16, the People's Committee of Gia Lai province issued an official dispatch requesting the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment to review and appraise the dossier of the Report on assessing the level of impact on mineral reserves in the area of Ia Ko 1, Ia Ko 2 and Ia Ko 3 Wind Power Plant projects.
These 3 large-scale wind power projects are located in Ia Ko commune, Gia Lai province, invested by Tay Nguyen Gia Lai Energy Development Joint Stock Company.
The Prime Minister has approved the addition, adjustment and updated of the National Power Development Plan for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, in line with the Gia Lai Provincial Planning.
However, part of the area of these projects overlaps with the national mineral reserve area of laterite Chu Se 2 iron ore.
According to the Impact Assessment Report prepared by the Central Geological Federation and the Central Highlands Gia Lai Energy Development Joint Stock Company, the total area overlapping with the mineral reserve area is 9,826,700 m2.
The estimated content of laterite iron ore in this area is about 31,965,084 tons of raw ore, equivalent to 15,435,939 tons of ore.
Based on the above, the Provincial People's Committee proposed that the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment consider and appraise the Report on the assessment of the impact of Ia Ko wind power projects on national reserve minerals as a basis for completing procedures for approving investment policies according to legal regulations.
It is known that in the western area of Gia Lai, it is the capital of wind power and solar power projects. Wind power alone has 17 projects with a scale of thousands of billions of VND. In the period of 2021-2025, the authorities pointed out many violations in the process of implementing and implementing investment projects.
In particular, some wind power projects are built on forestry land planning, not yet converted to land use purposes; the planning of power projects is not yet comprehensive, the purchase and sale and transfer of investment project shares are not in accordance with regulations...
