Wind farms that offer economic efficiency and plan to connect with thenational grid could be given priority status by the Government as itseeks to modernise the nation's energy supply.
The Ministry ofIndustry and Trade has issued circular No 32/2012/TT-BCT on Wind EnergyProjects and a template Contract on buying and selling for wind energy.
Under the circular, the Energy General Department has to submitan annual report on November 30, on the number of wind farms which arescheduled to generate electricity in the next five years.
Thesewind farms must be in alignment with the national energy sector'sdevelopment and priorities will be given to those with high economic andfinancial efficiency, as well as plans to connect with national orregional grids.
The ministry requests that project ownersfollow its guidelines and stipulates that capital investment from aproject owner must exceed 20 percent of the project total investment.
The provincial people's committees will be the sole authoritiesto grant licences after getting approval from the ministry.
However, a project's licence will be revoked if the project fails to start within 12 months of the licence being issued.
In addition, the wind farm must produce electricity within 24 months,an agreement the project owner commits to in the licence application.
During the operation, on May 31 every year, the project owner hasto file a report on their energy yield for the previous year and plansfor the following year to the Energy General Department.
The energy tariff will be worked out between the Department and the project owner before October 30 annually.-VNA
The Ministry ofIndustry and Trade has issued circular No 32/2012/TT-BCT on Wind EnergyProjects and a template Contract on buying and selling for wind energy.
Under the circular, the Energy General Department has to submitan annual report on November 30, on the number of wind farms which arescheduled to generate electricity in the next five years.
Thesewind farms must be in alignment with the national energy sector'sdevelopment and priorities will be given to those with high economic andfinancial efficiency, as well as plans to connect with national orregional grids.
The ministry requests that project ownersfollow its guidelines and stipulates that capital investment from aproject owner must exceed 20 percent of the project total investment.
The provincial people's committees will be the sole authoritiesto grant licences after getting approval from the ministry.
However, a project's licence will be revoked if the project fails to start within 12 months of the licence being issued.
In addition, the wind farm must produce electricity within 24 months,an agreement the project owner commits to in the licence application.
During the operation, on May 31 every year, the project owner hasto file a report on their energy yield for the previous year and plansfor the following year to the Energy General Department.
The energy tariff will be worked out between the Department and the project owner before October 30 annually.-VNA
