Energy
Electricity production
Major solar power complex and renewable energy project inaugurated in Ninh Thuan
A solar power complex with a total capacity of 330MWp, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, was inaugurated at a ceremony held on April 27 by Vietnamese BIM Group in Phuoc Minh commune, Thuan Nam district, Ninh Thuan province, with the presence of ...
$108-mln wind power plant construction starts in southern Vietnam
Construction of an offshore wind power plant began Monday in the southern coastal province of Bac Lieu.The first phase of the Dong Hai 1 Wind Power Plant is expected to cost local company Bac Phuong (BP) Energy Ltd around VND2.5 trillion ($108 million). The province’s second ...
Dat Nguyen
Laos builds more dams, scientists worry about Mekong’s ecosystem
Instead of requesting additional data used in the building of Pak Lay hydroelectric dam in Laos, Dr Le Anh Tuan, a Mekong River expert and deputy head of the Institute for Climate Change Research at Can Tho University, believes that it would be better to ...
Mai Lan
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Vietnam ranks second in Southeast Asia for power capacity: industry ministry
Vietnam ranked the second in Southeast Asia and 23th in the world in terms of power capacity at the end of 2018, according to a report of the Elecitricity of Vietnam (EVN).Keep reading ...
VNA Reporter
Scientist suggests ‘green turbine’ as energy solution for Mekong Delta
A national energy center will open in the Mekong Delta as more and more power plants are being built there. It is expected that power plants in Mekong Delta will have total electricity capacity of 18,224 MW, or 7.6 times bigger than Son La hydropower plant, ...
Thanh Lich
Clean energy attracts investors
With the development potential of renewable energy, coupled with the Government’s preferential policies, Việt Nam has drawn the attention of both domestic and foreign investors in the clean energy field, which is expected to grow quickly in the coming years.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
Climate change Vs. energy security
In fact, to promote renewable energy, the Government has set a target of expanding the total wind power capacity to 800 MW by 2020, 2,000 MW by 2025 and 6,000 MW by 2030.[]In Vietnam, climate change, or extreme weather phenomena in particular, is no longer ...
Vu Dung
Foreign and private investors invest more than $ 11.5 billion in electricity
As of 2017, about 9.8 GW of foreign invested thermal power plants and 3.4 GW of small hydro and other renewable energy (wind, solar power) are privately owned. domestic investment, corresponding to about 8.5 billion dollars from international investment in thermal power and about 3 ...
Ministries disagree about large waste to energy project
While the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) supports waste-to-electricity project with huge investment capital of VND2 trillion, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) views it as problematic.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Conference discusses potential impact of Laos’ Pak Lay hydropower project
Representatives of Mekong Delta localities, central departments, and agencies, as well as scientists gathered at a conference in the city of Can Tho on January 15 to discuss the potential impacts of the Pak Lay hydropower project in Laos, especially to Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region.Keep ...
VNA Reporter
