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At the beginning of March of this year, a 100-ton wind turbine fell apart over a fish and shrimp farm in Vietnam’s Bac Lieu province. No one was injured but some three weeks later the owner of the shrimp farm made a compensation claim in the amount of VND 160
The Investor is covering the Global Wind Energy Council’s Global Wind Report 2024, which says Vietnam will not have offshore wind power before 2028. The report cites the underdevelopment of Vietnam’s grid and regulatory gaps as key challenges facing offshore wind development in Vietnam. Of note, Vietnam’s Power Development Plan
It was announced last week that Vietnam’s state owned power provider EVN was considering importing electricity from Laos at 7 cents per kilowatt. Nestled just near the bottom of this article from VN Express on the issue is a comment from Bui Van Thinh, chairman of the Binh Thuan Wind
Vietnam is considering importing wind power from Laos because it’s cheaper, Tuoi Tre is reporting. One project in Laos is offering electricity at 7 cents per kilowatt hour whereas wind power projects in Vietnam that were online before November 1, 2021 receive 9.8 cents per kilowatt hour per a renewable
Vietnam’s Agribank is auctioning off the Phong Dien 1 wind power plant with a starting price of VND1,205 billion (US$49.6 million) after the firm behind the project Vietnam Renewable Energy Engineering (VREE) failed to meet its debt obligations , The Investor is reporting. Background: Wind power producers were offered very
Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries has said it intends to spend US$160.3 million on renewable energy assets in Vietnam, The Investor is reporting. This will include wind, solar, and hydro power purchased from local investment firm Gelex.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has launched an investigation into wind turbine towers imported from China at the request of CS Wind Vietnam, a subsidiary of South Korea’s CS Wind, The Leader is reporting. Why it matters: This goes to the changing nature of trade with Vietnam, specifically the
The People’s Committee of Ca Mau province has put together a report on plans to export wind power to Singapore via 900 kilometres of overhead high-voltage lines and underground cables, according to Tuoi Tre. This is inline with Vietnam’s National Energy Master Plan which says Vietnam should be exporting 5,000
A draft deployment plan for the Power Development Plan 8 (PDP8) has been sent back to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for revisions due to a lack of detail, particularly on offshore wind, according to The Investor. Why it matters: Doubts have already been raised about Vietnam’s ability to
“To meet the PDP8 scheduled target, the OSW projects should have been identified, investors selected, and permits issued by now,” according to a blog post from the law firm Shearman and Sterling. The law firm points out that the typical lead time for OSW projects is 5 to 7 years
The Investor has a write-up of the Global Offshore Wind Report 2023 in which it highlights that a lack of timely supporting policy can be off putting to investors. Specifically, Vietnam introduced a policy a few years ago that would see wind farms completed by the end of 2020 paid
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