Installing a rooftop solar power system in the Mekong Delta. (Photo: Photo courtersy of baotainguyenmoitruong.vn.) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Rooftop solar energy is becoming increasingly popular in Tien Giang, with hundreds of companies, government agencies and private houses in the Mekong Delta installing solar panels.
In its My Tho city, 310 households have installed rooftop solar panels.
Many of them have even linked up their solar power systems with the grid and sell excess electricity to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).
The Government’s Decision No 13 on the support mechanism for the development of solar energy offers incentives to organisations and households to invest in rooftop solar.
Tien Giang authorities have supported the adoption of advanced technologies in agriculture to improve productivity and grow making clean produce.
Farmers use rooftop solar energy for lighting and watering their dragon fruit orchards, thus reducing their electricity bills.
Solar energy has also helped them reduce costs in animal husbandry.
Nguyen Thanh Hung of Cho Gao town said he has benefited from swallow net boxes and a solar energy system installed on his roof.
He said he spent around 2 billion VND (nearly 100,000 USD) on the rooftop system and generates 42-45 million VND worth of electricity per month from it.
According to EVN, the proliferation of rooftop solar systems has helped it meet the rising demand for power for domestic and commercial use./.
VNA
