Workers install rooftop solar power (Photo: vov.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — Hanoi will strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by15 percent by 2030, according to local authorities.
The municipal People's Committee recently issued a plan for the reduction, withthe city aiming to achieve savings of 8-10 percent of total energyconsumption in 2020-30 and about 14 percent in 2031-45.
The capital city will promote the use of equipment and machinery with highefficiency, energy-saving, energy audit and enhance solutions to reduce powerconsumption and emissions in industrial zones, factories and urban areas.
It encourages the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from energy activitiescompared to the normal development scenario at 15 percent in 2030 to 20 percentin 2045.
In the plan, the proportion of renewable energy sources in the total primaryenergy supply will reach about 2 percent by 2030 and then 5 percent by 2045.
The city strives that by 2045, the total capacity of solar power is estimatedat about 700MW by installing rooftop solar power in low-rise apartmentbuildings and high-rise buildings of the city.
To implement the targets, the Hanoi People's Committee has deployed differentmeasures including developing primary energy sources.
It quickly and sustainably developed the electricity industry to meet therequirements of city industrialisation and modernisation and restructuredenergy-consuming sectors and regions in parallel with implementing policies onclean, economical and efficient use of energy.
The capital city has also developed sustainable energy infrastructureconnecting the region and improved internal resources of the manufacturing andservice industries for the energy sector.
Hanoi will continue to renew mechanisms and policies and develop asynchronous, interconnected, modern and efficient energy market.
It will also implement environmental protection policies for the energy sectorassociated with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions./.
VNA
