The Ministry of Industry and Trade–the MoIT–has said it is unlikely that Vietnam will meet its offshore wind power target of six gigawatts by 2030, The Leader is reporting. Essentially, the MoIT is acknowledging that with all of the various departments and ministries that need to coordinate to make offshore wind a reality, it is just too hard. That said, MoIT has put together a draft of a pilot project so there is still some forward momentum.
Of note, offshore wind is supposed to provide six gigawatts of power to Vietnam’s electricity grid by 2030 but as yet no offshore wind projects have been approved. This is part of the Power Development Plan 8 that was released last year. It is not clear what it will mean if this target is not met, but MoIT is correct that it is looking very unlikely.