Vietnam breaks electricity consumption record amid heat wave
Electricity consumption capacity in Vietnam recorded an all-time high of 38,800 MW on Tuesday, according to Vietnam Electricity Corporation (EVN).
Giant offshore wind turbines could help Vietnam tackle immense climate change challenges
Vietnam could become a future global leader in offshore wind energy generation, after recent analysis showed the country has vast potential along its 3,000 kilometre coastline.
Developing Vietnam’s renewable energy industry
Renewable energy is a fast-growing sector in Asian countries, broadly, and Vietnam could benefit from investment in the sector.
Vietnam has potential for ‘160GW of offshore wind’
The Danish Energy Agency is supporting the Vietnamese authorities on efforts to help kick-start the sector
Powering Vietnam
Fast-growing economy needs to diversify away from coal, with gas expected to play a bigger role.
Vietnam may back off from commitment to coal as plants get harder to build
Vietnam may scale back a plan to boost coal’s role in its power generation as financial restrictions and local environmental concerns make it more difficult to build plants.
New World Bank strategy to scale up solar energy production in Vietnam
The World Bank has released a new report with recommendations on how Vietnam can accelerate solar energy production and usage.
Vietnam to use more coal, oil in 2020 to power growth
Vietnam will generate more electricity from coal and oil this year to compensate for an expected drop in output from hydropower plants because of a lack of rain, the government said on Friday.