Mekong Delta long-term future relying on renewables
The latest draft of the country’s Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8) puts focus on renewable energy development – however, the Mekong Delta should see more attention in the development of renewables to protect its assets in the long run.
In the view of Le Anh Tuan – deputy director of Can Tho University’s Research Institute for Climate Change – the draft PDP8 is different in many ways to its predecessor, removing 5,000MW of coal thermal power and significantly raising the contribution ratio of renewable energies.
