02-04-2019 09:55
Vietnam’s latest and most comprehensive regulation on wind power development is expected to leave much room for improvement. Dr. Le Net (left), Le Thanh Hieu (middle), and Vo Phuong Thao (right), lawyers at LNT & Partners, provide their analysis of whether the changes will be sufficient to tackle market criticisms of past regulations and attract further investment in Vietnam’s wind energy market.
30-03-2019 18:00
The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s (MoIT) Circular No.02/2019/TT-BCT, which took effect in late February 2019, provides a revised model power purchase agreement applicable to grid-connected wind power projects in Vietnam. Vaibhav Saxena, lawyer at Vietnam International Law Firm, provides a deep analysis about its possible impacts on investors and remaining barriers.
20-03-2019 17:11
After revealing its ambition to build the largest offshore wind farm in Vietnam, a UK-based renewables group is to deliver utility-scale offshore wind energy that meets the need for affordable electricity in the country.
20-03-2019 17:06
With a recent rise of renewables in Vietnam triggered by the growing demand for electricity and conducive policies, solar power projects are outpacing wind power ones. How can wind development catch up with the solar boom in country? Phuong Thu reports.
14-03-2019 14:52
Despite international and domestic investment increasing in the renewable energy sector, unease remains over the capacity of the nation’s power grid. While the Vietnamese government has moved quickly to diversify its energy sources, gird expansion and infastructure has been slower to develop. Phuong Thu reports.
13-03-2019 12:29
Enterprize Energy is targeting commissioning the first string of turbines of Ke Ga offshore wind power project by the end of 2022 and completing the proposed 600 megawatts of the initial construction phase by 2023.
06-03-2019 09:09
The central province of Quang Tri has approved in principle investments into six energy projects including four wind power and two solar plants with total capital of more than VND7.4 trillion (US$318.4 million) in the first two months of the year.
20-02-2019 09:45
Quang Tri Province People’s Committee gave its approval to two companies to develop wind power projects worth a total of VND5.2 trillion (US$221.2 million) in the central province.
19-12-2018 18:18
Realising the serious consequences of climate change, numerous solutions have been offered to cope and improve resilience, including the application of wind energy desalination along the south-central coastal and Mekong River Delta regions.
12-12-2018 10:59
Vietnam is expected to have its largest offshore wind power project, which if becoming feasible, will greatly contribute to ensuring the country’s energy security.
18-11-2018 10:37
The central coastal province of Ninh Thuan is speeding up the implementation of wind power projects to soon connect them to the national grid and generate electricity as an effort to turn the locality into a renewable energy hub of Vietnam.
22-10-2018 17:36
Four wind power projects are scheduled to be completed in the south central province of Ninh Thuan by the end of 2018, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
10-10-2018 15:21
With an additional $10 billion for projects licensed and agreed in-principle in a single day, the foreign investment inflows into Vietnam in the first 10 months of 2018 are expected to hit a 10-year record, signalling bright prospects ahead.
20-09-2018 14:00
While Vietnam is in the midst of a solar power rush and the feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme for solar power has been extended until the end of 2020 in Ninh Thuan, the country may also witness the start of a wind power rush, as the government has recently approved new incentives for wind power projects and an FiT increase. Phuong Thu reports.
17-09-2018 12:40
On September 10, the Vietnamese government approved the amendment and revision of the feed-in tariff for wind power defined by Decision No.37/2011/QD-TTg on the support mechanism for the development of wind power projects in Vietnam. Vu Chi Mai, senior project officer of the ‘Support to the Up-Scaling of Wind Power in Vietnam’ project under the GIZ Energy Support Programme, shared with Phuong Thu her views about the positive development.