The project “Support to the Up-Scaling of
Wind Power in Viet Nam funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development (BMZ) was reviewed in a seminar in Ha Noi on May 8th.
The project, part of the Climate and Technology Initiative of Germany, is being
carried out at a cost of 6.9 million EUR from 2014-2018. According to General
Director of the General Directorate of Energy under the Ministry of Industry
and Trade Dang Huy Cuong, Viet Nam’s electricity industry has been facing great
challenges, including the shortage of energy sources for power generation. Viet
Nam has actively worked to ensure the national energy security, and implemented
commitments relating to reduction of greenhouse gas emission and environmental
protection. At the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in 2015, Viet Nam was among 150
countries that committed to cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions towards
keeping the global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius compared to the
pre-industrial level by 2100. The Prime Minister approved several programmes to
encourage the development of new and renewable energy sources, including the
Renewable Energy Development Strategy to 2030, with a vision to 2050, which
aims to increase the production of wind power to 2.5 billion kWh by 2020,
around 16 billion kWh by 2030 and 53 billion kWh in 2050. Experts said that Viet
Nam boasts great potential for developing wind power as it has a coastline of
3,000 km, and is in a tropical monsoon climate. They stressed that legal and
market regulations of Viet Nam should be fine-tuned to make it easy for
investors to expand their operation in the field. Through the funding of the
German Government, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) has
supported Viet Nam in developing renewable energy projects since 2009,
including the “Support to the Up-Scaling of Wind Power” project. In the
framework of this project, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is cooperating
with GIZ to improve legal regulations as well as the capacity of public
organisations such as investors, local banks, consulting firms and technical
companies.
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Nam Plus – May 8 - http://en.vietnamplus.vn/germany-helps-vietnam-expand-wind-power-development/111371.vnp;
DTI News – May 9 - http://www.dtinews.vn/en/news/017004/50786/-germany-helps-vietnam-expand-wind-power-development.html
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