Category: Vietnam

One step forward, two steps back – Vietnam’s short-sighted energy vision By Nguyen Dang Anh Thi Vietnam needs to learn the right lessons from Germany’s experience – going from protests against renewable energy to becoming one of the top five nations in clean power. I choose to talk about Germany because most of the feed-in-tariff […]

Black & Veatch Chosen as Owner’s Engineer on Ia Pech 1 and Ia Pech 2 wind farms in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province Dien Xanh Gia Lai Investment Energy Joint Stock Company’s 100 MW onshore wind farms will help support Vietnam’s economic growth and sustainability goals Vietnam is expanding its power generation capacity as it balances […]

GS Energy to build and operate a 3 GW LNG combined thermal power plant in Long An, southern Vietnam GS Energy will invest 3.5 trillion won to build and operate a 3 GW LNG combined thermal power plant in Long An, southern Vietnam. GS Energy announced on March 22 that it has been selected as […]

GE Renewable Energy bags turbine deal for 30-MW wind project in Vietnam’s Binh Thuan Province GE Renewable Energy said today it has won a contract to supply and commission turbines for a 30-MW wind farm project in Vietnam’s Binh Thuan Province. Under the deal, the General Electric (NYSE:GE) subsidiary will equip the Thuan Nhien Phong […]

Vietnam needs coal-fired plants for another 15 years at least Despite the associated environmental problems, Vietnam cannot do without coal-fired power plants for another 15 years at least, experts say. There is no current alternative that can help Vietnam ensure energy security and maintain stable prices, they add. There are several coal-fired plants in the […]

Orient Cable Sends First Offshore Wind Shipment to Vietnam SEE ALSO: Chinese Power Cable Specialist Orient Cable To Provide And Install A 185-Kilometre, 35 KV Subsea Cable System For Vietnam’s Binh Dai Offshore Wind Farm Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable is about to send off the submarine cables for phase one of the Binh […]

World Bank debars Spanish engineering group for corruption in major Vietnam schemes The World Bank Group has announced the 3.5-year debarment of Spain-headquarters engineering firm Grupo Mecánica del Vuelo Sistemas, S.A.U., in connection with collusive, corrupt and fraudulent practices relating to two major projects in Vietnam: the Danang Sustainable City Development project and the Hanoi […]

Tenaga enters Vietnam’s solar market Kuala Lumpur-listed Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is expanding its international renewable energy (RE) footprint into Southeast Asia with its foray into Vietnam by buying a stake in a 21.6MW project. In a statement to Bursa Malaysia on March 4, it said TNB Renewables Sdn Bhd will acquire a 39 per […]

Samsung Engineering succeeds in installing large modules in Vietnam’s “Longson Petrochemical Project” Samsung Engineering made an announcement on March 4 that it has successfully installed a polypropylene unit module of the “Longson Petrochemical Project” in Vietnam. This module is a large structure that weighs 1,382 tons and measures 54 meters high. Samsung Engineering explained that […]

Vietnam needs 128.3 billion USD to develop electricity industry Vietnam needs about 128.3 billion USD of investment capital to develop its electricity industry in 2021-2030, according to draft electricity planning released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). On February 9, the MoIT issued a draft national electricity development planning project for 2021-2030, with […]