Chuyên mục: Năng lượng sạch – clean energy

Responding to Coronavirus: Low-carbon Investments Can Help Economies Recover

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WRI.org

By Helen Mountford 

Windmills running in the background of a dense forest.
Cover Image by: Camila Fernández León

The COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy, infecting more than 120,000 and killing more than 4,200 people as of March 12, 2020. The loss of human life is heart-breaking and set to continue ticking upwards.

The virus has also hit society like a global tsunami, disrupting travel, cutting off communities, shuttering factories and shaking up economic markets. The global manufacturing sector has suffered its worst contraction since the 2009 recession. Goldman Sachs forecasts zero earnings growth for U.S. companies, while airlines and cruise lines are reeling as people opt to stay home.

Unsurprisingly this major global disruption is leading to lower energy demand, which in turn reduces global greenhouse gas emissions. China’s industrial output has dropped 15% to 40% since the crisis began, leading to a roughly 25% drop in emissions over that same period.

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Creating the new hydrogen economy is a massive undertaking

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It is also a delicate one

economist.com

Oct 9th 2021

NEW YORK

Today’s hydrogen business is, in global terms, reasonably small, very dirty and completely vital. Some 90m tonnes of the stuff are produced each year, providing revenues of over $150bn—approaching those of ExxonMobil, an oil and gas company. This is done almost entirely by burning fossil fuels with air and steam—a process which uses up 6% of the world’s natural gas and 2% of its coal and emits more than 800m tonnes of carbon dioxide, putting the industry’s emissions on the same level as those of Germany.Listen to this story

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German Coal Mine to Be Reborn as Giant Pumped Storage Hydro Facility

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renewableenergyworld.com

By Bloomberg News Editors -3.17.2017

A coal-mine that powered German industry for almost half a century will get a new lease on life when it’s turned into a giant battery that stores excess solar and wind energy.

The state of North-Rhine Westphalia is set to turn its Prosper-Haniel hard coal mine into a 200-MW pumped storage hydroelectric reservoir, which acts like a battery and will have enough capacity to power more than 400,000 homes, said state governor Hannelore Kraft. The town of Bottrop, where people worked the 600 meter (1,969 foot) deep mine since 1974, will keep playing a role in providing uninterrupted power for the country, she said.

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Reshore, Reroute, Rebalance: A U.S. Strategy for Clean Energy Supply Chains

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CSIS.org

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Clean energy technologies are now big business. Vast sums of money in clean energy supply chains promise to rearrange the geopolitics of industrial competition and energy security. Further, to achieve their increasingly ambitious climate goals, countries are likely to do far more to reshape industrial sectors, compressing in a few years a process that normally takes decades.

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Better infrastructure is way to absorb surge in renewable energy production: experts

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By Viet Anh   January 24, 2021 | 07:56 am GMT+7

Storing renewable energy in batteries and pumped storage of water to generate power, and improving transmission capacity are keys for Vietnam to foster renewable energy, according to experts.

Nguyen Duc Ninh, director of the National Load Dispatch Center, said earlier this month Vietnam plans to reduce its renewable energy output by 1.3 billion kilowatt hours this year since it lacks transmission capacity.

Installed solar power capacity reached 19,400 MWp by the end of last year, or 25 percent of total power capacity.

Dr Hang Dao, a sustainable energy expert at the World Resources Institute (WRI), said the reason Vietnam has solar energy surplus is the country’s electric grid and infrastructure are quite weak, and so energy is not transmitted to locations where needed.

The national grid is out of date and needs to be upgraded, but it would take time to install a modern network, and while waiting for it the country could focus on short-term storage plans, said Hang.

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Renewable Energy Lab. NREL’s Updated System Advisor Model

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The latest version of NREL’s popular System Advisor Model (SAM) is now available, providing more robust data and seamless integration with other NREL models to help the renewable energy industry make informed project decisions.

SAM is free, publicly available modeling software for technical performance simulation and financial analysis of renewable energy projects and includes a desktop application, software development kit, and open-source code.

Updates to the model include:

  • The addition of the latest solar resource data from NREL’s National Solar Radiation Database, including yearly and sub-hourly data and covering Europe, Africa, and Asia for the first time
  • Improved battery dispatch for both front-of-meter and behind-the-meter battery storage applications
  • Improved electricity bill calculations for distributed behind-the-meter financial models
  • Implementation of NREL’s Solar Position Algorithm for sun angle calculations of solar performance models
  • Integration of NREL’s Land-Based Balance-of-System Systems Engineering Model for improved wind power plant system cost estimation and design.

“With the recent improvements, we’re excited to continue to ensure that complex energy analysis questions can be answered quickly and easily,” said Janine Freeman, NREL lead for the SAM model.

Top 10 Priorities for President Biden to Tackle the Climate Crisis

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WRI.org

Former U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris are widely recognized as having won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, with a majority in the Electoral College and a resounding majority in the popular vote. The Democratic Party has retained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, while the results for the U.S. Senate are very close and the outcome is undetermined at this time. In this WRI Commentary, WRI U.S. Director Dan Lashof suggests a 10-point plan for the new administration.

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President-elect Biden will be sworn into office in the midst of four deeply intertwined crises: the health crisis, the economic crisis, the racial injustice crisis and the climate crisis. He has promised to build back better by taking bold action on all four simultaneously, including making unprecedented investments in health care, infrastructure and clean energy.
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How Can Governments Attract Private Investment for the Green Energy Transition?

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October 27, 2020
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDTOnline

The world is not on track to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change. With 2030 just a decade away, and governments are under pressure to speed up the clean energy transition.

The good news is that: a) the technologies and the capital are available to accelerate the green energy transition, and b) the private sector is ready to invest billions of green dollars into decarbonization and clean energy.

But how can governments provide the institutional and regulatory frameworks that make it attractive for private companies and investors to invest in and deploy the needed solutions and technologies to accelerate the clean energy transition?
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TẠI SAO CẦN ĐẦU TƯ VÀO NĂNG LƯỢNG TÁI TẠO NGAY BÂY GIỜ?

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English: 3 Reasons to Invest in Renewable Energy Now

Man installing panels

Ảnh: Roland Balik: Các nghiên cứu chỉ ra rằng các khoản đầu tư cho năng lượng tái tạo mang lại doanh thu cao và tạo ra nhiều việc làm.

Khi thảm kịch đại dịch Covid-19 của nhân loại trở nên tệ hơn, các hạn chế toàn cầu để ngăn chặn sự lây lan của vi rút bao gồm lệnh ở tại nhà, đóng cửa kinh doanh và lệnh cấm đi lại – có thể góp phần cho một cuộc suy thoái kinh tế tồi tệ nhất kể từ Đại suy thoái – The Great Depression tại Mỹ trước thế chiến thứ II. Virus đã gây ra tác động không thể quên cho ngành năng lượng: năng lượng sử dụng toàn cầu dự đoán sẽ giảm 6% trong trong năm 2020; ngành công nghiệp năng lượng tái tạo cũng không đứng ngoài cuộc

Theo như ước tính của Wood Mackenize , công suất lắp đặt toàn cầu của năng lượng mặt trời và pin tích điện năm 2020 dự kiến sẽ giảm gần 20% so với dự báo trước COVID -19, công suất lắp đặt tua bin gió dự kiến giảm 4,9 GW, tương đương 6%. Việc giảm công suất lắp đặt năng lượng tái tạo và các biện pháp tiết kiếm năng lượng dẫn đến mất 106,000 việc làm trong tháng 3 tại Hoa Kỳ, so với mất 51,000 việc làm trong lĩnh vực dầu khí trong cùng thời gian. Phân tích cũng chỉ ra rằng 15% tổng lượng lao động trong lĩnh vực năng lượng sạch của Mỹ có thể bị mất việc trong những tháng tới- nghĩa là hơn nửa triệu việc làm. Tiếp tục đọc “TẠI SAO CẦN ĐẦU TƯ VÀO NĂNG LƯỢNG TÁI TẠO NGAY BÂY GIỜ?” →

Phát triển ngành Năng Lượng Việt Nam: Góc nhìn chiến lược

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T.S Đào Thu Hằng

Tóm lược

Bài báo đóng góp những kiến nghị để cải tiến và đổi mới ngành năng lượng và giao thông của Việt Nam, hai lĩnh vực nhìn chung được coi quan trọng nhất đối với các chính sách về năng lượng và khí hậu.

Trong nhiều năm, Việt Nam vẫn đi sau thế giới về năng lượng tái tạo – đặc biệt là điện gió, điện mặt trời, và hiệu quả năng lượng, và phần lớn dựa vào than và dầu. Việt Nam định ra cho ngành năng lượng một phần rất nhỏ trong Đóng góp quốc gia tự quyết định (Nationally Determined Contribution – NDC) để giảm thiểu phát thải carbon, mặc dù ngành năng lượng chiếm đến một nửa lượng khí thải của quốc gia, và điều này gần như loại trừ hoàn toàn ngành công nghiệp năng lượng khỏi NDC. Việt Nam cũng đã gần như chưa hề để tâm đúng mức tới giảm phát thải trong giao thông vận tải, một ngành vẫn gần như phụ thuộc hoàn toàn vào xăng dầu. Ngoài ra, Việt Nam chưa tìm ra cách hiệu quả để tạo ra sự cạnh tranh trên thị trường năng lượng, khiến cho giá năng lượng phù hợp hơn với thực tế thị trường và hiệu quả hơn.

Đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoài (Foreign direct investment – FDI) vào lĩnh vực năng lượng còn yếu. Việt Nam cần hỗ trợ về vốn từ các nhà đầu tư quốc tế và các tổ chức cho vay để tạo ra một bước tiến lớn trong ngành năng lượng. Nằm trên lộ trình của Sáng kiến ​​Vành đai và Con đường của Trung Quốc (Belt and Road Initiative – BRI), Việt Nam có thể hưởng lợi từ các dự án BRI, nếu các dự án đó phù hợp với những đánh giá và mong muốn của Việt Nam. Vốn Hỗ trợ Phát triển Chính thức (ODA) từ các nước khác tài trợ cũng có thể giúp ích. Nhưng quan trọng nhất, môi trường pháp lý phải được cải thiện để tạo ra sự cạnh tranh và do đó, có được lợi nhuận hợp pháp trên thị trường. Tiếp tục đọc “Phát triển ngành Năng Lượng Việt Nam: Góc nhìn chiến lược” →

Samsung targeted by NGOs for proposal to build coal power station in Vietnam

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ecobusiness.org
Famous for innovation in consumer electronics and a progressive approach to sustainability, Samsung has been called out by NGOs for links to the construction of the controversial Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power plant in Vietnam.
Civic society campaign protests against Samsung's proposed construction of the Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power station in Vietnam.
Civic society campaign protests against Samsung’s proposed construction of the Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power station in Vietnam. Image: Market Forces
By Robin Hicks

News that electronics giant Samsung’s construction arm could be building a controversial coal-fired power station in Vietnam has surprised environmentalists, and prompted a campaign that highlights the environmental and social impact of the project.News emerged on Monday (10 August) that Samsung Construction & Trading (C&T) is considering participation in the 1,200 megawatt Vung Ang 2 coal project in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province.

The proposed plant has been repeatedly targeted by NGOs in recent years for its potential to pollute and exacerbate the climate crisis, and a number of companies including Standard Chartered Bank, OCBC Bank and DBS have withdrawn from Vung Ang 2, citing conflicts with tightened climate policies.

Campaigners have also pointed out that Vung Ang 2 has air pollution standards far lower than those in Korea, which is one of the world’s biggest investors in overseas coal projects.

A collective of green groups including Greenpeace, Solutions for Our Climate and Market Forces said in a campaign due to run in international media this week that Samsung’s involvement in Vung Ang 2 goes against group-level sustainability pledges, which include reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and will tarnish the company’s brand image.

“Innovation is such a big focus for Samsung. It seems odd that a company so focused on building the next new thing wants to build 19th century technology,” Bernadette Maheandiran, a researcher for investments watchdog Market Forces, told Eco-Business.

The campaign launches less than a month after environmental protests prompted Samsung Securities, the conglomerate’s financial investment arm, to withdraw from the Adani Abbot Point coal terminal in Australia. Prostesters had called for a boycott of Samsung products. Tiếp tục đọc “Samsung targeted by NGOs for proposal to build coal power station in Vietnam” →

The role of commercial and industrial clean energy demand in Vietnam’s power sector

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Renewable Energy in Manufacturing

by Rachel Posner Ross and Evan Scandling

Introduction

At a time when Vietnam’s electricity demand is surging in response to commercial, industrial, and population growth, a common concern has emerged that rising economic activity will shift carbon emissions from China and other manufacturing hubs to Vietnam. However, our experience through the Clean Energy Investment Accelerator (CEIA) initiative in Vietnam indicates that private-sector demand for renewables has the potential to overcome policy barriers and catalyze significant scaling up of clean energy deployment in emerging markets. Vietnam’s 2019-2020 rooftop solar boom and anticipated surge in wind and solar virtual power purchase agreements for corporate offtakers in 2020 and beyond are the results of public-private collaboration on issues that simultaneously advance government and private-sector interests, offering important lessons for other markets in pursuit of sustainable development.

Background

Vietnam is a developing economy with a population of nearly 100 million and annual GDP growth of 6 to 7 percent, making it one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies, which has been true for decades. Foreign direct investment (FDI) was close to $18 billion in 2018, which accounted for approximately 24 percent of total investment in the economy.1 More than 10,000 foreign companies are estimated to operate or have supply chain manufacturing in Vietnam, including many of the world’s largest companies from a variety of sectors.2 For decades, Vietnam has been home to labor-intensive industries such as apparel and footwear production. Many of the world’s

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Employment Assessment of Renewable Energy: Power sector pathways compatible with NDCs and national energy plans

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GGGI.org

This technical report is the first GGGI study that focuses on the nexus of sustainable energy and green jobs. Based on researched conducted in three GGGI member countries – Mexico, Indonesia, and Rwanda, the study assessed the job creation potential of renewable energy technologies under various power sector pathways based on National Energy Plans and countries’ NDCs. Occupation and skills required by the renewable energy sector for each stage of the value chain were also identified and assessed. The analysis highlights the important role that assessments of employment effects can play during the revision of countries’ NDCs while simultaneously addressing the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to affordable and clean energy (7), decent work and economic growth (8) and climate action (13).

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Vấn đề kỹ thuật năng lượng gió ngoài khơi

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Ngày nay năng lượng gió (NLG) nói chung và NLG trên biển (ngoài khơi) nói riêng, một trong những năng lượng tái tạo được sử dụng ngày càng rộng rãi và trở thành xu thế chung của thế giới khi công nghệ sản suất và lắp đặt được hoàn thiện, chi phí lắp đặt ngày càng giảm so với những năm đầu phát triển. Các nước công nghiệp phát triển đã đề ra chiến lược khai thác NLG ngoài khơi tích cực hơn trong tương lai và thay thế dần các nguồn năng lượng truyền thống như than đá, thuỷ điện, hạt nhân,…

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Dialogue: Breaking Barriers in deployment of Renewable Energy in Vietnam

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In the context of the global economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has strongly affected to energy enterprises. A reasonable solutions to boost a development renewable energy in Vietnam should be discussed and proposed, for contributing to partially offset the shortage of electricity source after 2020. Under the direction by Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) ), the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine in collaboration with the Vietnam Clean Energy Association will organize the Dialogue with the topic:

“RESOLUTION 55-NQ/TW BY THE POLITBURO AND SOLUTIONS FOR PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET IN VIETNAM”

The forum is expected to join the contribution from state management officers, investors, experts, scientists, non-governmental organizations and consumers to find out solutions timely and deliver to the authorities for the stable policy and sustainable development of the renewable energy, which is considerably potential in Vietnam.

  1. ORGANIZERS
  2. Guiding unit

– Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)

  1. Organizers

– Business Forum Magazine

– Vietnam Clean Energy Association

III. TIME AND VENUE

  1. Time: From 13h30 – 17h00 on Friday on June 12, 2020
  2. Venue: VCCI Hall (7 floor), No. 9 Dao Duy Anh – Hanoi

Please take a look at the attachment and  register this form as follow :  https://forms.gle/3QoMBuiMmFUfPado9

For more information, please contact:   Ms. Do Phuong Thanh (Hp: +84-90-4552297, email: dophuongthanhvcci@gmail.com)