Vietnam among top three leading Asia-Pacific nations in renewable energy shift
Vietnam ranks third in Asia-Pacific after Australia and Japan and takes the lead among emerging markets in terms of offering good feed-in tariffs to attract investment in solar and wind power.
Trung Nam Wind Power Plant is inaugurated in Thuan Bac district, Ninh Thuan province. (Photo: VNA)
Trung Nam Group energizes the transformer station and the 220/500kV transmission line combined with Trung Nam Thuan Nam solar power. (Photo: VNA)
The solar power plant on the Da Mi reservoir in Binh Thuan province has a capacity of 47.5 MWp. (Photo: VNA)
Field of solar cells at the foot of Cam Mountain of Sao Mai-An Giang Solar Power Plant in the Mekong delta province of An Giang. (Photo: VNA)
The transformer station of Sao Mai-An Giang Solar Power Plant in An Hao commune, Tinh Bien district of An Giang province. (Photo: VNA)
The transformer station of Sao Mai-An Giang Solar Power Plant in An Hao commune, Tinh Bien district of An Giang province. (Photo: VNA)
The solar power project at Song Hau Surface Water Treatment Plant in Hau Giang province contributes to reducing production costs, saving energy and protecting the environment. (Photo: VNA)
Installing electric propellers at the Dong Hai 1 Wind Power Project in Dong Hai district, Bac Lieu province. (Photo: VNA)
Bac Lieu Wind Power Plant in the province of the same name is built on an area of over 100ha, with a capacity of 99MW, production of about 320 million kW/year. (Photo: VNA)
The Mekong delta province of Bac Lieu plans to develop wind power with a projected capacity of more than 400 MW by 2020 and 1,500 MW by 2030. (Photo: VNA)
The Politburo’s Resolution No.55 has set out Vietnam's strategic orientations for national energy development though 2030 with a vision to 2045, contributing to creating a breakthrough for the national energy sector.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung and State Secretary of Germany’s Federal Foreign Office Miguel Berger co-chaired the sixth meeting of the two countries’ strategic management group held in the form of videoconference on April 16.
Experts discussed the opportunities and challenges in sustainable energy transition at a Hanoi forum held by Vietnam Energy magazine on April 20, which focused on the development of green, clean, and renewable energy against the backdrop of international capital movement into the country.
The Prime Minister has approved a proposal from Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to expand the national grid from the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang to Ba Ria-Vung Tau province’s Con Dao Island via submarine cables.
The UK’s Financial Times on April 26 ran an article highlighting that the expansion of Vietnam’s wind and solar farms is proving crucial to powering its economic growth.
Vietnam will soon lead Southeast Asia in renewable energy development, Germany’s Energiezukunft highlighted in its latest article, describing the country’s energy transition as very impressive.
