Vietnam has huge potential from biomass and waste says new report

Vietnam has huge potential from biomass and waste says new report

Vietnamese online newspaper Vietnam.net said that at a recent international
conference on new technologies in renewable energy, the Vietnam Energy
Association (VEA) launched a new report showing the huge potential from
biomass and waste. This could amount to up to 1 billion kWh in 2020 and 6
billion kWh in 2050 from waste, Vietnam.net said, with a total amount from
biomass and waste of up to 9 billion kWh in 2020 and 80 kWh in 2050.

Vietnam is currently expanding its solar and wind farm projects, although
while electricity prices are low this requires huge investment, making these
technologies unable to compete effectively against hydropower or thermal
power plants. However, wind power has huge growth potential, particularly in
the Mekong Delta and South Central Coast regions. VEA also said that many
provinces in the country enjoy long sunny days with 2,000 to 2,500 hours of
sunlight per year, particularly in those areas south of Da Nang. This is an
ideal environment in which to establish both large-scale and small-scale
solar plants.

"There are still many obstacles such as high investment and low prices" said
VEA Chairman Tran Viet Ngai, speaking to Vietnam.net. In order to replace
hydropower and thermal power with renewable energy, the government should
offer more support policies and land and tax incentives to reduce the costs
of importing spare parts and equipment."

VEA estimates that Vietnam can produce 101 billion kWh of renewable energy
in 2020 and 452 billion kWh in 2050, accounting for 43 percent of the total
energy in Vietnam.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com