Electricity generated by solar and on-shore wind is the cheapest in Australia, even after the significant expense of integrating them into the power grid is factored in, according to new analysis from the CSIRO.
HANOI, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Vietnam will have a hard time reaching its offshore wind power target for 2030, a top executive at a state-owned energy company said, with foreign investors also warning of multiple regulatory hurdles that would need to be cleared.
The Southeast Asian country has good offshore wind power potential given strong winds and shallow waters near densely populated areas, according to the World Bank, which estimates the sector could add at least $50 billion to Vietnam’s economy.
Offshore wind is also a priority for Group of Seven (G7) members that have promised funds to boost the country’s renewable energy sources and reduce its reliance on coal.
Note: “Tập đoàn Orsted, Tập đoàn năng lượng lớn nhất Đan Mạch và nhà phát triển điện gió ngoài khơi lớn nhất thế giới, mới đây đã tuyên bố giảm mục tiêu tham vọng và rút khỏi thị trường Việt Nam.“
Năng lượng gió thì vô hạn nhưng nguồn lực đầu tư, vốn thì hữu hạn. Nếu không có những chính sách, cơ chế cụ thể thì nguồn lực đầu tư này sẽ chuyển từ Việt Nam sang những khu vực khác trên thế giới.
Các tổ chức quốc tế đánh giá Việt Nam có tiềm năng về điện gió lớn nhất Đông Nam Á, vượt xa các quốc gia khác. Hội đồng năng lượng gió toàn cầu (GWEC) đã ước tính, Việt Nam có khoảng 600 GWh điện gió chưa khai thác, gồm 300 GWh điện gió ngoài khơi và 300 GWh điện gió trên bờ.
We already published a great article from Nexus Media regarding Lazard’s new report showing the extremely low (and falling) costs of solar power and wind power. However, I’ve been wanting to highlight these awesome new findings since Larmion shared the updated report with us earlier this month, and I want to break out the amazing news in 5 specific ways.
Vietnam is lagging behind its targets to install 800MW of wind power by 2020. Photo by Reuters
Cheap electricity prices have literally taken the wind out of the sails of potential investors.
High installation costs and relatively low power prices are making investors think twice about diving into Vietnam’s wind energy market.
The country has set a target of producing around 6,000 MW of wind power by 2030, equivalent to 2.1 percent of total electricity generation.
Deputy Trade Minister Hoang Quoc Vuong said Vietnam currently has four wind farms with a combined capacity of just 160 MW, implying that there is much more room for wind power in the country’s energy mix, the Saigon Times reported.
Construction in 2013 near a wind farm in the northwest province of Gansu. More than 92,000 wind turbines have been built across China, capable of generating 145 gigawatts of electricity.Credit Carlos Barria/Reuters
JIUQUAN, China — On the edge of the Gobi Desert, the Jiuquan Wind Power Base stands as a symbol of China’s quest to dominate the world’s renewable energy market. With more than 7,000 turbines arranged in rows that stretch along the sandy horizon, it is one of the world’s largest wind farms, capable of generating enough electricity to power a small country.
But these days, the windmills loom like scarecrows, idle and inert. The wind howls outside, but many turbines in Jiuquan, a city of vast deserts and farms in the northwest province of Gansu, have been shut off because of weak demand. Workers while away the hours calculating how much power the turbines could have generated if there were more buyers, and wondering if and when they will ever make a profit.
“There’s not much we can do right now,” said Zhou Shenggang, a manager at a state-owned energy company who oversees 134 turbines here; about 60 percent of their capacity goes unused each year. “Only the state can intervene.”
China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has pointed to its embrace of wind and solar power and other alternatives to coal to position itself at the forefront of the global effort to combat climate change.
A Singaporean company plans to tap the potential for wind power in southern Vietnam.
e.vnexpress – Southeast Asia’s leading renewable energy developer, The Blue Circle, has been awarded an Investment Certificate from Vietnamese authorities for a 40 Megawatt (MW) Dam Nai wind project worth $60 million in the southern province of Ninh Thuan.
bloomberg_Vietnam began constructing a 120-megawatt wind farm with a total investment of 6 trillion dong ($281 million) in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
HBRE Wind Power Solution Co. will build the project in three phases through 2020, Chairman Ho Ta Tin said on Friday. The Ho Chi Minh City-based company is expected to be able to produce 400 million kilowatt-hour a year, equal to the demand of 200,000 households.
General Electric Co. will provide the project’s 60 turbines, Tin said on March 13. The first phase, which uses 14 two-megawatt turbines, would start generating electricity next year. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Starts 120-Megawatt Wind Farm in Central Highlands”→
April 4, 2016 — 12:01 AM BST Updated on April 4, 2016 — 6:20 AM BST
Dominant global players have yet to emerge in wind and solar
Handful of clean-energy companies build `supermajor’ skills
More than a decade after the birth of the modern renewable energy industry, solar and wind await their John D. Rockefeller.
Bloomberg – Clean power remains a tumultuous and fragmented business, crowded with companies grabbing for slices of an emerging market that aspires to reshape how the world meets its energy needs. They rise and fall as technology advances and demand seesaws. Some have grown into sprawling regional players, often propped up by government subsidies. A few, like Suntech Power Holdings Co. and Q-Cells SE, soared to prominence, then all but flickered out.
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