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.
U izvješću je također navedeno da je cjelokupni plan razvoja električne energije u Vijetnamu prošao četiri kruga revizije otkako je prvi nacrt podnijelo vijetnamsko Ministarstvo industrije i trgovine u ožujku prošle godine, a prašina se još nije slegla. S obzirom na to, Ministarstvo industrije i trgovine Vijetnama zatražilo je od viših tijela da odgode konkretno vrijeme provedbe plana za drugi kvartal ove godine.
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.
Direktor Vijetnamske uprave za električnu energiju i obnovljivu energiju, Huang Thien Dung, također je nedavno rekao da će Vijetnam ubrzati prijelaz s fosilnih goriva na čistu i obnovljivu energiju. Tran Van Dong, zamjenik ministra znanosti i tehnologije Vijetnama, istaknuo je da Vijetnam ima ogroman potencijal za razvoj obnovljive energije, s oko 217 GW energije vjetra na kopnu, oko 160 GW energije vjetra na moru i oko 434 GW fotonaponske proizvodnje energije .
Prema posljednjem nacrtu glavnog plana razvoja električne energije, do 2045. godine vjetroelektrane na moru u Vijetnamu bit će smještene uglavnom na sjeveru i jugu zemlje, s instaliranim kapacitetom povećanja za 36 gigavata, što čini 10,8 posto ukupne proizvodnje električne energije.
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.
Holland je također rekao da Vijetnam ima dugu obalu od 3260 kilometara, kao i nisku razinu mora i veliku brzinu vjetra (7 do 10 metara u sekundi na visini od 100 metara), a prirodni uvjeti za razvoj energije vjetra na moru su jedinstvena.
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.