Rooftop solar panels are installed at a business in Binh Duong province. (Photo: VNA) He made the statement while chairing a meeting held on April 10 to discuss adraft decree stipulating mechanisms and policies to encourage the developmentof rooftop solar power.
He said rooftop solar power is a renewable energy source that needs to beprioritised and encouraged.
He emphasised the need to mobilise resources of organisations and individuals,and take advantage of the existing transmission network.
The draft decree must include methods of rooftop solar power operation(self-production, self-consumption, linked to the national electricity system,with electricity storage equipment) as well as technological solutions toensure the safety and stability of the base power system when connectingrooftop solar power with the grid, he said.
He said rooftop solar power, offshore wind power, biomass power and waste powerare given priority for development in conditions that they meet technology,system safety conditions and have appropriate prices. Developing rooftop solarpower is an economical and effective energy plan.
Procedures should be simplified for households and offices installing rooftopsolar power for self-production and self-consumption, not for businesspurposes, except for works with special requirements regarding safety and fireprevention.
Businesses that invest in rooftop solar power for use, and at the same timeinstall additional electricity storage equipment for sales, need to calculatereasonable prices, financial support and interest rates, he said.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, rooftop solar power can beinstalled on houses, offices and in industrial parks for use in the form ofself-production and self-consumption. It may or may not be linked to thenational electricity system and is not sold to other organisations orindividuals.
Do Van Nam, member of the Board of Members of the Northern Power Corporation,said businesses in industrial parks need incentives from rooftop solar powerprocedures and policies. Installing additional rooftop solar power requiresensuring the safety of existing buildings.
Bui Quoc Hoan, Deputy General Director of the Southern Electricity Corporation,said it is necessary to encourage businesses in industrial parks to installequipment to store unused rooftop solar power and convert it into a cleanbackground power source, then transmit it to the grid during the evening peakat a suitable price.
According to the National Load Dispatch Centre, the power grid can remainstable and safe when renewable electricity accounts for up to 50% of total loadcapacity. It is possible that the power grid in the North can ensure safety andstability when the rooftop solar power capacity is maintained at 5,000-7,000MW,equivalent to the current assessment of rooftop solar power potential./.
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