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Rooftop solar power development programme in Vietnam launched

The Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority of the Ministry of Industry and Trade launched a programme to boost the development of rooftop solar power in Vietnam.
Rooftop solar power development programme in Vietnam launched ảnh 1The Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program (V-LEEP), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is designed to attract investment from the private sector into clean energy. (Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The Electricity andRenewable Energy Authority of the Ministry of Industry and Trade launched aprogramme to boost the development of rooftop solar power in Vietnam at aworkshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25.

Director of the authority Phuong Hoang Kim saidthe Vietnamese Government has been more aware of the role of solar energy andenergy saving in maintaining economic growth, ensuring energy security, andprotecting public health and environment.

Renewable energy is expected to generate 6.5percent of the country’s total electricity in 2020 and 10.7 percent in 2030, hesaid, adding that Vietnam aims to save 10 percent of energy in the total powerconsumption in 2020.

The Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program(V-LEEP), funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), isdesigned to attract investment from the private sector into clean energy.

According to Michael Greene, Director of theUSAID, through this programme, the US agency will support the VietnameseGovernment to harmonise national strategies, laws, policies and regulations toencourage the development of clean energy.

Earlier, the Ministry of Industry and Trade hadapproved a programme to develop rooftop solar power in Vietnam between 2019 and2025.

The industrial sector uses about 50 percent ofthe country’s total energy resources; hence, increasing energy saving andefficient use in the sector is a top priority to ensure national energysecurity.

Vietnam is also seeking to generate electricityfrom wind and biomass energy.-VNA
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