Energy
Clean energy remains a distant dream in Vietnam
Investors who once rushed to invest in Vietnam’s fledging clean energy industry are now backing off due to unprofitability, further hindering the country’s dream of getting greener. The low price of electricity produced by wind and solar farms, as well as the lack of any ...
Tuoi Tre News Reporter
HCMC encourages waste-to-energy projects, offering opportunity to investors
More than 40 investors have expressed willingness to develop plants which burn waste to generate electricity. Director of the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and the Environment Nguyen Toan Thang said at a conference calling for investment in WTE that with the annual growth rate of ...
Chi Mai
No daylight for Vietnam solar energy
While some see bright prospects for an alternative power boom, high tariffs, regulatory risk and a volatile currency have kept the industry in the dark.Keep reading ...
MA NGUYEN
More than 30 investors to pour money into electricity-from-waste plants
The government’s commitment to purchase all electricity output generated from waste-to-energy projects have encouraged more investors to develop projects in HCMC.Keep reading ...
Chi Mai
Wind energy could grow 7% a year: experts
Viet Nam can achieve an average annual growth of 7 per cent in the wind energy sector over two decades (2016-2035), experts say. Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Scientists oppose building of coal-fired power plants
Experts are calling for the immediate stop of construction of new coal-fired plants in the Mekong Delta. The government has released Resolution 120 on developing the Mekong Delta in a sustainable way in the context of climate change. The resolution says Mekong Delta will focus on ...
Kim Chi
Will a carbon tax be imposed on coal-fired thermal power plants?
Experts believe that if Vietnam imposes a carbon tax on coal-fired plants, ‘clean power’ will be able to compete with thermal power.Keep reading ...
Mai Thanh
700 degraded dams to be fixed: official
The Water Resources Directorate (WRD) plans to repair some 700 reservoirs at high risk of bursting by 2030, an official said on November 23.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Vietnam has great potential to develop geothermal energy
Geothermal energy can be economically efficient and environmentally friendly, scientists say.[] According to the chair of the Vietnam Clean Energy Association, Ta Van Huong, Vietnam has geothermal potential at the average level. The great advantage of Vietnam is that the energy source is located throughout the ...
Kham Pha
Coal-fired power plants serving industry worsening pollution
Vietnam’s coal-fired power plants which generate electricity and those serving industrial plants are worsening pollution. Le Anh Tuan, deputy head of the Institute for Climate Change Studies under the Can Tho University, as in India and China, said that coal-fired power in Vietnam mostly serves industrial ...
Mai Chi