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THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN VIET NAM

Bangkok, Thailand, 17-19 December 2013

Overview on Renewable Energy in Viet Nam

- Viet Nam is a country with great potentials of renewable energy

- The potentials of biomass is estimated at 10m TOE/year, biogas 10billion m3/year, SHP (<30MW) about 4,000 MW.

- The potentials of solar power:5kWh/m2/day

- Due to the long coast of 3,400km, Viet Nam has a great potential of wind energy estimated at 500-1000kWh/m2/year

Target for RE development in Viet Nam

Priority is given to developing power generations from renewable energies (wind power, solar power, biomass power, ...), to quickly develop, step by step increase the portion of power produced from renewable energy sources as follows:

- To increase the aggregate capacity of the currently insignificant wind power to about 1,000 MW by 2020 and about 6,200 MW by 2030; with the percentage of electricity produced from wind power increased from 0.7% by 2020 to 2.4% by 2030.

- To develop biomass power, co-generation in cane sugar mills, aiming to reach an aggregate capacity of about 500 MW by 2020, 2,000 MW by 2030; corresponding to a production percentage of 0.6% by 2020 and 1.1% by 2030.

- Priority is given to developing hydro power sources, especially projects will multi-purposes: flood control, water supply, power production to increase the current aggregate capacity of hydro power of 9,200 MW to 17,400 MW by 2020.

Potentials and current use of Renewable energy

Small hydro powerBiomass Biogas

Solar power Wind power Geothermal

Municipal wastes Municipal wastes Tidal

Potential: > 4.000 MWCurrent use: 1000 MW

Potential: ~ 700 MWCurrent use: 150 MW

Potential: 58 MWCurrent use: 0,5 MW

Potential: 4-5 kWh/m2

Current use: 3 MWPotential: 30.000 MWCurrent use: 52 MW

Potential: 340 MWCurrent use: 0 MW

Potential: 220 MWCurrent use: 8 MW

Potential: 100-200 MWCurrent use: 0 MW

Current use (grid connected and off grid)Small hydro power projects (2012): ~ 1000MW Wind, solar, biogas and other: 215MW

Technical potential on small hydro power is4015 MW, about 10-12% of total hydropower potential

Potential on RE development – Small Hydro power

Capacity Total capacity (MW)

0.1-<1 126.8

1-<5 1030.2

5-<10 1048.3

10-<15 648.0

15-<20 562.8

20-<25 309.0

25-<30 290.0

Total (<=30MW) 4015.1

Potential on RE development – Wind power

Mean Speed at 80 m Height

(m/s)

Estimated Developable Land

Area (km2)

Percentage of Developable

Land

Approximate Megawatt Potential

<4 95,916 45.7% 959,161

4-5 70,868 33.8% 708,678

5-6 40,473 19.3% 404,732

6-7 2,435 1.2% 24,351

7-8 220 0.1% 2,202

8-9 20 0.01% 200

>9 1 0.00% 10

Total 209,933 100.00% 2,099,333

Developable wind energy potential based on the Wind Resource Atlas of Vietnam

(assumed an average density of 10 MW/km2(Source: WB report 2011)

RE Development Plan and Roadmap

Barriers on RE development

Technology/Technical

• Limited knowledge on RE-technology

•No reliable assessment and data

•Grid connection

•Lack of local RE equipment suppliers and services

Barriers on RE development

Economic and financial aspect:

• High investment cost

•High RE generated electricity tariff

•Difficult to access to financial resources

Legal framework and institutional:

•Lack of uniform sector legal framework

•Lack of adequate incentive mechanism

-Lack of national/province RE development master plan

Policy and legal framework for RE development in Viet Nam

Renewable energy policy in Vietnam is promulgated based on the energy supply needs for economic development and environmental protection.

The demand for energy in Vietnam is forecasted to rise four times by 2030 and the demand for electricity will increase nine times by 2025 (compared with 2005

Renewable energy development will reduce the dependence on imported energy sources and ensure national energy security.

Recognizing this importance, the Government of Vietnam has issued many policies to encourage the development of renewable energy, set the targets of using and developing renewable energy.

Policy and legal framework for RE development in Viet Nam

- Law on Electricity dated 14 December 2004

- Decision No. 1208/QD-TTg The National Power Development Plan 2011-2020 with a vision to 2030 (Master Plan VII), dated 21 July 2011;

- Decision 1855/QD-TTg Development Strategy of Energy's National Renewable Vietnam 2020 vision in 2050 dated 27 December 2007;

- Decision 177/2007/QD-TTg approved "development scheme development of biofuels by 2015, with a vision to

2025 “ dated 20 November 2007

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