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Vienam’s PDP7 assessment finds solar overdeveloped, grid underprepared

A report into the implementation of Vietnam’s Power Development Plan 7 has found that solar power development between 2016 and 2020 went well above what was planned, Vietnam News is reporting. 

Key takeaways:

  • The PDP7 set out a plan to develop 850 MW of solar power by 2020;
  • However, a total of 168 solar projects with a total capacity of 14,707 MW were approved in that time;
  • This led to 8,642 MW of grid-connected solar power being online by the end of 2020; and
  • This was in excess of the grid infrastructure capacity.

As a result of this, solar power producers are regularly forced to curtail power generation to avoid overloading the grid.

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