According to Vietnamese media reports, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh said recently that the previously set photovoltaic power generation target for 2031-2045 was "too high" and should be appropriately lowered to make room for wind power generation.
In late February this year, Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to set the country's installed power capacity at 146,000 megawatts from now until 2030, which is 9,000 megawatts less than the plan announced in November last year. The ministry also said that by 2045, Vietnam plans to have 352,000 megawatts of installed capacity, of which photovoltaics will account for 25 percent.
According to data from the Electric Power Company of Vietnam (EVN), as of 2021, Vietnam has ranked among the "Top 10 Global Photovoltaic Power Generation", reaching 16,504 MW, accounting for 2.3 percent of the world's total.
V správe sa tiež uvádzalo, že celkový plán rozvoja elektriny vo Vietname prešiel od predloženia prvého návrhu vietnamským ministerstvom priemyslu a obchodu v marci minulého roka štyrmi kolami revízií a prach zatiaľ neupadol. Vzhľadom na to Ministerstvo priemyslu a obchodu Vietnamu požiadalo vyššie orgány, aby posunuli konkrétny čas realizácie plánu na druhý štvrťrok tohto roka.
The same plan says that by 2045, renewable energy will account for 70 percent to 75 percent of Vietnam's national electricity capacity. At the 2021 UN climate change conference, Vietnam pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
Riaditeľ Vietnamského úradu pre elektrinu a obnoviteľnú energiu Huang Thien Dung nedávno tiež povedal, že Vietnam urýchli prechod od fosílnych palív k čistej a obnoviteľnej energii. Tran Van Dong, námestník ministra vedy a technológie Vietnamu, poukázal na to, že Vietnam má obrovský potenciál pre rozvoj obnoviteľnej energie s približne 217 GW veternej energie na pevnine, približne 160 GW veternej energie na mori a približne 434 GW na výrobu fotovoltaickej energie. .
Podľa najnovšieho návrhu hlavného plánu rozvoja energetiky sa do roku 2045 budú veterné elektrárne na mori vo Vietname nachádzať najmä na severe a juhu krajiny, pričom inštalovaný výkon sa zvýši o 36 gigawattov, čo predstavuje 10,8 percenta celkovej výroby elektriny.
Matthews Holland, senior manager at the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), said Vietnam's offshore wind power efficiency could exceed 50 percent, rivaling that of hydropower. According to GWEC estimates, Vietnam's initial investment for the first 4-5 GW offshore wind farms is up to US12 billion, but subsequent operating costs can be greatly reduced. The cost of generating electricity per 1,000 kWh of offshore wind in Vietnam is expected to be around US83, which will further drop to US58 by 2025.
Holland tiež uviedol, že Vietnam má dlhé pobrežie 3 260 kilometrov, ako aj nízku hladinu mora a vysokú rýchlosť vetra (7 až 10 metrov za sekundu vo výške 100 metrov) a prírodné podmienky pre rozvoj pobrežnej veternej energie sú jedinečný.
However, the United Nations Development Programme reminded the Vietnamese side that the latter should also pay attention to how to use new energy more effectively. Currently, Vietnam's unit energy consumption (the amount of energy required to produce 1 unit of GDP) is 1.5 to 1.7 times that of other countries in the region. That is, if Vietnam wants to be carbon neutral, it needs to cut manufacturing emissions in half. Moreover, with the increase of power generation, how to transmit and distribute safely, efficiently and energy-savingly is also a priority for Vietnam to be solved urgently.