Record’ 97GW of wind energy added in 2020

The wind sector added 97GW of capacity in a record-setting 2020, according the BloombergNEF’s 1H 2021 Global Wind Market Outlook. BloombergNEF expects strong, albeit lower, build of 88GW in 2021. However, from 2022, onshore additions will plateau and most growth will come from offshore, the report forecasts.

Cars face barriers in Vietnam

Car exports to Vietnam can expect to face non-tariff barriers after the country, the biggest importer within Asean of pickups and passenger cars from Thailand, prepares to enforce the new Euro 5 emission standard from Jan 1 next year.

Vietnam’s May coal imports decline

Vietnam’s coal imports nearly halved in May from a year earlier, as a steady rise in hydropower and renewable energy output pressured coal burn.

Vietnam Boosts Wind Power in Soc Trang Province

This information was released during a working meeting between the secretary of the Communist Party Committee in Soc Trang, Lam Van Man, and the managers and workers who work on these projects.