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.
Ziņojumā arī norādīts, ka Vjetnamas elektroenerģijas attīstības kopējais plāns ir izgājis četras pārskatīšanas kārtas kopš pagājušā gada martā, kad Vjetnamas Rūpniecības un tirdzniecības ministrija iesniedza pirmo projektu, un putekļi vēl nav nosēdušies. Ņemot to vērā, Vjetnamas Rūpniecības un tirdzniecības ministrija lūgusi augstākajām iestādēm pārcelt konkrēto plāna īstenošanas laiku uz šā gada otro ceturksni.
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.
Vjetnamas Elektroenerģijas un atjaunojamās enerģijas administrācijas direktors Huangs Tiens Dungs arī nesen teica, ka Vjetnama paātrinās pāreju no fosilā kurināmā uz tīru un atjaunojamu enerģiju. Vjetnamas zinātnes un tehnoloģiju ministra vietnieks Trans van Dongs norādīja, ka Vjetnamai ir milzīgs potenciāls atjaunojamās enerģijas attīstībai ar aptuveni 217 GW sauszemes vēja enerģijas, apmēram 160 GW jūras vēja enerģijas un aptuveni 434 GW fotoelektriskās enerģijas ražošanas. .
Saskaņā ar jaunāko enerģētikas attīstības ģenerālplāna projektu, līdz 2045. gadam jūras vēja parki Vjetnamā galvenokārt atradīsies valsts ziemeļos un dienvidos, un uzstādītā jauda palielināsies par 36 gigavatiem, veidojot 10,8 procentus no kopējās elektroenerģijas ražošanas.
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.
Holands arī sacīja, ka Vjetnamai ir gara piekrastes līnija 3260 kilometru garumā, kā arī zems jūras līmenis un liels vēja ātrums (7 līdz 10 metri sekundē 100 metru augstumā), un dabiskie apstākļi jūras vēja enerģijas attīstībai ir unikāla.
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.