The Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) is no longer a major power producer as it has contributed only 11% of electricity to the national grid this year. According to the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam (Ministry of Industry and Trade), of the national power system’s capacity of nearly 80,000MW, state-owned enterprises including EVN, Vietnam Oil…
HANOI, May 16 (Reuters) – The prime minister of Vietnam approved a long-awaited power plan for this decade that needs $134.7 billion of funding for new power plants and grids, the government said late on Monday, in a move that may help unlock billions of dollars of foreign investment. The Vietnam power plan, known as…
Hanoi (VNA) – The Cambodia government on April 7 approved the construction of five renewable energy power plants with a total capacity of 520 megawatts. According to spokesman of the Cambodian government Phay Siphan, the approval was made during a meeting of the Council of Ministers chaired by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen. Phay…
The government has agreed in principle to a 1,400MW hydropower dam in Stung Treng province to be built jointly by local conglomerate Royal Group of Companies Ltd and China (Cambodia) Rich International Co Ltd. According to a letter from Royal Group of Companies chairman Kith Meng to Stung Treng provincial governor Svay Sam Eang obtained…
The Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade will not add any more wind and solar power into this year’s 2022 plan, due to a lack of input facilities to transfer them to the national grid. At the 2021 review meeting of the National Load Dispatch Centre on January 10, its deputy director Nguyen Quoc Trung…
After adding 3,420 megawatts of power capacity last year, Vietnam now leads Southeast Asia in power production with 76,620 MW. The increase in power production represented a 9.8 percent increase in capacity, CEO of national utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN), Tran Dinh Nhan, said at a forum Friday. He however expressed concern that 27 percent of…
Cambodia will add 495MW of solar power capacity from seven projects by 2023, which will represent “20 per cent” of the total energy supply by then, as the world looks to harness the sun as a key source of renewable electric power in the fight against climate change, according to a senior energy official on…
Vietnam plans to reduce its renewable energy output by 1.3 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) this year, with transmission capacity unable to handle the supply. An oversupply of renewable energy, especially during midday peak sun hours, and the overload on the transmission line from the central region to the north are among the biggest power management…
In 2014, the installed capacity of non-hydroelectric renewable energy in Vietnam (such as solar, wind and biomass gasification) stood at 109 megawatts (MW), about one third of one percent of the country’s total installed capacity of 34,079 MW. At the time, Vietnam’s electricity mix was dominated by hydropower (46 percent), coal (29 percent) and natural…
The US$1.34 billion Botum Sakor coal plant will have a generating capacity of 700 megawatts (MW) and be built by the Cambodian Royal Group and Sinosteel Equipment and Engineering Company, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned Sinosteel Corporation. Botum Sakor is one of two coal plants Cambodia’s government has approved this year in response to severe…
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s embrace of new coal power projects is making the Southeast Asian state “less attractive” to international brands producing in the country. In a letter addressed to the Cambodian government and seen by the Nikkei Asian Review, several major companies expressed concern about the country’s plans to nearly triple the amount of…
PHNOM PENH — The Ministry of Mines and Energy on Tuesday said it was looking to quadruple its current installed solar power output, even while continuing to invest in coal-fired plants and hydropower on smaller tributaries. In the brief report obtained by VOA Khmer on Tuesday, the ministry is looking to invest in renewable energy,…
A Cambodian government decision to postpone building new hydropower dams on the Mekong river has been welcomed by campaigners, who say it will provide welcome relief to the tens of thousands of people whose livelihood depend upon its rich resources. Cambodia announced on Wednesday that it would not build any new hydropower dams on the…
