28-04-2020 13:00
Two Japanese firms - renewable energy producer Aura Green Energy Co. and solar panel system provider WWB Corp - have teamed up to launch a hybrid power generation business combining biomass and solar energy in Cambodia in 2021, aiming to help secure stable power supply.
23-04-2020 08:00
The Prime Minister on April 6 issued Decision No.13/2020/QD-TTg on mechanisms for encouragement of development of solar power in Vietnam. Vaibhav Saxena, foreign lawyer at Vietnam International Law Firm, ventures into how the new policy, taking effect on May 22, impacts on both the market and investors.
22-04-2020 14:00
With Vietnam struggling alongside the rest of the world in attempting to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, the government has taken solutions to fuel the energy sector. However, efforts to keep projects on track remain uncertain as investors’ confidence is hit by the ongoing crisis.
18-04-2020 16:20
Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has required the Ministry of Industry and Trade to publish the list of grid-connected solar power projects which were added to the power planning with the total cumulative capacity of not more than 2,000MW in the southern province of Ninh Thuan.
15-04-2020 19:40
Thai-listed energy firm Super Energy Corporation has recently announced that it would invest in four solar power plants in Binh Phuoc province, Vietnam with the total capacity of 750MW.
15-04-2020 13:15
The solar power initiative of KTG Energy in industrial zones will save hundreds of thousands of dollars for businesses, as well as give them a chance to find a use for their unused roofs.
14-04-2020 16:00
Decision No.13/2020/QD-TTg issued last week on encouraging mechanisms for solar power development in Vietnam sets the deadline of December 31 for solar systems of any scale to attain a certificate of delivery and enjoy the feed-in tariff 2 (FiT2) rate, which is considered to be financially attractive. The price of each kilowatt-hour generated from ground-mounted, floating, and rooftop solar initiatives are 7.09, 7.69, and 8.38 US cents, respectively. These numbers have been viral in the investment community since last year and now they are finally confirmed.
13-04-2020 17:21
In the first three months of this year, Electricity of Vietnam mobilised 2.76 billion kWh of renewable energy, including 2.31 billion kWh of solar power, signifying a 28-fold increase on-year.
12-04-2020 19:09
The Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) hosted an online conference in Hanoi on April 11 on the second phase of the feed-in-tariff (FIT 2) and policies for the development of solar power in Vietnam after 2020.
09-04-2020 13:08
The Government has officially decided to approve a new feed-in-tariff mechanism to encourage development of solar power in Vietnam.
07-04-2020 18:13
The south central province of Ninh Thuan will help investors speed up the implementation of renewable energy projects, with the goal of having 2,000MW of solar power and more than 60MW of wind power connected to the grid by the end of this year, chairman of the provincial People's Committee Luu Xuan Vinh said.
07-04-2020 12:50
The new feed-in tariffs (FiT) for solar power will be applied at 7.09-7.79 US cents per kWh and will expire on December 31 this year.
27-03-2020 10:17
A 450MW solar power plant, the largest in Southeast Asia, will be built in Phuoc Minh Commune, Ninh Thuan Province.
26-03-2020 15:47
Amidst mounting challenges, wind power investors are proposing authorised management agencies an extension of the current preferential pricing (feed-in-tariff) scheme to the end of 2022, instead of the current November 1, 2021 deadline.
18-03-2020 14:00
While Vietnam’s wind investors are in a race to reap incentives before the November 2021 deadline hits, concerns remain that a boom in solar power projects will lead to a reduction in capacities.