Northern power firm sells nearly 33 billion kWh
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC) sold nearly 33 billion kWh of electricity during the January-June period, a year-on-year surge of 8.82 percent. Of the total amount, 64.84 percent was purchased by the industrial sector, and the remainder acquired for daily life, up 8.22 percent and 9.21 percent, respectively, from the […]
First solar power plant in Binh Dinh inaugurated
NDO/VNA – The Cat Hiep solar power plant was officially inaugurated in Binh Dinh’s Phu Cat district on July 12, becoming the first of its kind in the south central coastal province to join the national grid. Invested by the French-based Quadran International company and Truong Thanh group of Vietnam, the facility worth over VND1.03 […]
Vietnam: Power, Energy, And The Affect Of Recent Trade Agreements EU Vietnam Free Trade And Investment Protection Agreement And The Comprehensive And Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
Vietnam has had major stressors placed upon its power and energy grid for years, and it is only accelerating. At a recent April, 2019 conference on renewable energy in Ho Chi Minh City, experts noted that annual energy consumption in [Vietnam] had risen by 10 per cent in recent years, and the country was at […]
Vietnam Needs to Break Its Addiction to Chinese Coal
When it comes to the effects of global climate change, Vietnam is one of the world’s most at-risk nations. Rising sea levels threaten to inundate both the Mekong and Red River Deltas, potentially impacting tens of millions of people. Vietnam is also one of the fastest growing economies in the world, growing by 7.1 percent in 2018. […]
Thai industrial group powers up 2 huge Vietnam solar farms
BANGKOK — B. Grimm Group, Thailand’s oldest industrial group, has won a race against time to begin operating two of Southeast Asia’s largest solar farms, both located in Vietnam. The two plants came online last month and will raise the share of solar in B. Grimm’s energy portfolio to nearly 30%. That takes the company a step closer […]
Vietnam overtakes Australia for commissioned utility scale solar following June FIT rush
As developers scrambled to meet the end of June deadline to tap a generous feed-in tariff scheme, Vietnam saw unprecedented activity in its utility scale solar market, with multi gigawatts of PV capacity connected to the grid. While Australia and Vietnam have been progressively expanding over 12 months, the latest tally showed the Southeast Asian […]
Sunseap completes Vietnam solar farm amid steady pipeline of Asia projects
SINGAPORE clean-energy provider Sunseap Group’s unit has completed a US$150 million Vietnam solar farm project ahead of schedule, Sunseap International said on Wednesday. It was completed and connected to the Vietnam national grid ahead of a June 30 deadline, the solar energy firm said. The solar farm was jointly developed with InfraCo Asia, an infrastructure development and […]
SE Asia solar energy space seen up for faster growth
Vietnam is now the fastest-growing solar photovoltaic (PV) market in Southeast Asia, overtaking the Philippines but thanks partly to investments made by the Ayala group’s AC Energy and its local partners, according to SolarPlaza. The Rotterdam-based consultancy said in a report that Southeast Asia was quickly becoming one of the most promising regions in the […]
