Vietnam plans to increase the amount renewable energy contributes
to national power consumption to at least 7 percent by 2020 -- up from the
previous target of 4.5 percent.
The revision to the plan reflects the fact that Vietnam is
increasingly turning to renewable sources, as stated in the National Action
Plan on Green Growth 2014–2020, including wind power, solar energy, tidal energy, geothermal
energy, biofuel and universal energy to combat climate change.
Vietnam, which relies heavily on coal and hydropower electricity,
is seeking to boost renewable energy production, particularly wind and solar energy, to more than 10.7 percent by 2030,
up from the previously planned 6 percent.
The country has set a target of producing around 6,000 mega watts
(MW) of wind power by 2030, equivalent to 2.1 percent of total electricity
generation.
Deputy Trade Minister Hoang Quoc Vuong said the country currently
has three wind farms with a combined capacity of just 150 MW, implying that there
is much more room for wind power in the country’s energy mix, the Saigon Times
reported.
Earlier this month, Vietnam signed a $2.2 billion deal with an
Irish energy firm to build and operate three more wind farms with a total
capacity of 940 MW.
Under the deal, an 800MW wind farm, worth about $2 billion, will
be developed in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, with the first phase
set to be completed in 2018. The other two wind farms in Binh Thuan Province,
with an investment of $200 million, will also see the first phase completed in
late 2018.
“Wind power now accounts for about 4 percent of total global
energy consumption," said Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the Global
Wind Energy Council, highlighting the need to shift towards renewable sources
to reduce greenhouse gas. "It is expected to increase to 6-8 percent by
2020, 18-20 percent by 2030 and a fifth of total consumption by 2050.”
The country’s electricity demand is expected to continue to grow
13 percent annually in the next four years due to its fast-expanding economy,
which has grown above 5 percent on average per year since 1999 and is forecast
to reach 6.5-7 percent in the next four years.
Vietnam is trying to generate enough energy for economic growth
and for the millions of people who still lack access to electricity while
gradually shifting towards clean and low-carbon energy, said Tran Dinh Thien,
director of the Vietnam Economic Institute.
To meet increasing power
demands, Vietnam projects its output will need to increase to 330–362 billion
kWh in 2020, and to 695–834 billion kWh in 2030.
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Reference resource: E.vnexpress.net
