Winds of change: Laos looks up for renewables push

This picture taken on October 20, 2026, shows children playing outside a house at Dak Wai village in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, with a view of wind turbines in the distance, part of Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. - AFP

SEKONG PROVINCE, Laos: Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources.

"The view is beautiful. They're bigger than trees," 23-year-old Toukta Phonsala said inside her wooden stilt house in Dak Wai village, her baby bouncing on her lap.

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这张照片拍摄于2026年10月20日，照片显示，在老挝塞公省达昌县达瓦村，孩子们在一户人家门外玩耍，远处可以看到风力涡轮机，这是老挝600兆瓦季风风力发电项目的一部分，该项目于2025年8月开始运营。——法新社

老挝塞公省：在老挝南部郁郁葱葱的山脊上，耸立着 133 台中国制造的风力涡轮机，它们为越南的蓬勃发展提供动力，也代表着该地区能源来源多元化浪潮的一部分。

“景色真美。它们比树还大，”23 岁的 Toukta Phonsala 在她位于 Dak Wai 村的木制高脚屋里说道，她的宝宝在她腿上蹦蹦跳跳。

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