Vietnamese PV maker Dehui bets on US solar to fuel 2020s growth
One of the biggest names of Vietnam’s PV manufacturing scene is to throw its weight behind the US solar market over the next three years, with plans to target utility-scale buyers by embracing bifacial technology. This month, Dehui Solar told PV Tech of its ambitions to triple its business with the US in the space of three […]
Vietnam to raise FiT for biomass power projects
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (MOIT) recently proposed a draft decision amending decision No. 24 of 2014 on support mechanisms for the development of biomass power projects in Vietnam. The draft decision, among other revisions, proposes increasing feed-in-tariffs (FiT) for biomass power projects. Under the draft decision, tariffs at the delivery point […]
Vietnam to lower tariffs for solar power
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed a new feed-in tariff 32 percent lower than the earlier incentive rate. It wants a fixed rate of 7.09 cents per kWh, down from the 9.35 cents offered to projects completed before June 30 last year, it said in a recent proposal to the government. The new […]
LONGi holds talks with delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, eyes enhanced cooperation in renewable energy
LONGi holds talks with delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, eyes enhanced cooperation in renewable energy BEIJING, Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — China’s solar giant LONGi on January 7, 2020, held talks with the delegation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam at the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). […]
Denmark and Norway suggested alternative sources to battle electricity shortage in Vietnam
Vietnam will have to import 12 million tons of coal in 2020 to avoid electricity shortage due to increasing demand in electricity and rapidly growing economy. This situation was predicted by Denmark’s energy industry reflected from data of energy report in November 2019. Norway also suggested alternative clean energy such as liquid natural gas and […]
Air pollution forces Vietnam to cough up $13 billion a year
Losses due to worsening air quality in Vietnam amounted to between $10.82-13.63 billion a year, experts told a conference Tuesday. Estimated losses, based on financial support towards lowering the mortality risk posed by air pollution, were equal to 4.45 – 5.64 percent of GDP, said Associate Professor Dinh Duc Truong, head of the National Economics […]
Vietnam’s coal purchases set to escalate
Vietnam will import 12 million tons of coal this year, 30 million tons in 2025 and 50 million tons in 2030 to fuel thermal power plants. Senior officials of the state-owned coal mining group Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (Vinacomin) said at a Friday meeting that it supplied more than 36 […]
World Bank aids Vietnam transition to a solar auction programme
The Global Infrastructure Facility’s (GIF) Governing Council approved $1.5 million in funding to support the World Bank’s work with the government of Vietnam on a Solar Pilot Auction Programme. The GIF, working with the World Bank’s Energy Global Practice, will help the government to design and structure the Auction Programme to transition from a feed-in […]
