Song Binh rooftop solar farm was officially put into operation in late January, adding a total power output of about 20 million kWh, or 10MWp a year to the national grid.    

Lang Son People’s Committee is waiting for the government’s approval to add 4.600MW of wind power to the National Power Development Plan VIII with the addition of 32 wind farm projects by 2030.

The contract signing ceremony for package DEP-SPC-SCADA-1, which includes the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the SCADA/DMS (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/Distribution Management System) and 110kV unmanned substations took place yesterday in Ho Chi Minh City between the Southern Power Corporation under state power authority Electricity of Vietnam as the owner and Siemens Consortium including Siemens AG, Power Automation – a joint venture between Siemens and Power Singapore, and Siemens Limited Vietnam.

More Malaysian households and businesses are installing solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in a bid to bring down monthly electricity bills.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) asked the prime minister to assign EVN to handle Phu My 2.2 and Phu My 3 thermal power plants once the 20-year contract terminates.

PV Power plans to establish a member company to set foot in the renewable energy sector. At first, the group will construct rooftop solar power systems on the buildings and factories in the holding of PetroVietnam.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) is preparing to implement the construction of nine gas-fired power plants with total output of 5,250MW, PV Power general director Nguyen Xuan Hoa said.

Foreign acquisition of local hydropower assets is to be kicked-off by a Norwegian major firm. Nguyen Thanh Tan, country representative of SN Power, last week told VIR that SN Power aimed at becoming an industrial investor in Vietnam within the next two years.

In environments with limited vision due to poor lighting, smoke or complete darkness, the Bosch DINION IP thermal 8000 camera offers excellent thermal performance, built-in Intelligent Video Analytics and outstanding corrosion resistance (meeting the EN 50130-5 salt mist test, withstanding up to 1000 hours of salt/mist under test conditions). This makes it ideal for outdoor use in mission-critical applications such as perimeter protections of airports, critical infrastructures, government buildings and bridges.

A German manufacturer of innovative textile materials has opened a new state-of-the-art thermal insulation factory in Long Thanh district.