Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 7 Affordable and clean energy
Vietnam improves its position on Sustainable Development Goals
Vietnam is up three ranks on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index this year, moving ahead on several fronts. The country is ranked 54th among 162 countries and territories on the SDG Index, which tracks countries’ performances on achieving the 17 SDGs set by the United ...
Phan Anh
National power grid unable to cope with influx of new solar plants
Eighty-one new renewable power plants began operations in the second quarter, overloading transmission lines. The overload began in June when a large number of plants went on stream simultaneously to beat the June 30 deadline to enjoy price incentives of 9.35 U.S. cents per kWh feed-in ...
Nguyen Hoai
Commercial banks provide loans for green energy projects
Commercial banks are offering more low-interest loans with long repayment terms for household solar-energy projects. Under Viet Nam’s renewable energy development strategy, approved in 2015, the country aims to increase the ratio of electricity from renewable sources from 35 per cent of total output in 2015 ...
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