Well, well, well; Looks like the gvt of Nam be listening to the Rat :-)
Utilisation of new energy sources
03/08/2005 -- 12:07(GMT+7)
Ha Noi, Mar. 8 (VNA) - Viet Nam is carrying out research to manufacture small hydro-power stations for household use, solar energy-used heaters, solar cells, household wind turbines and biogas systems with the aim of providing all Vietnamese households with electricity by 2010.
To date, Viet Nam has used about 160-215 MW of electricity generated by small-scale hydro-power generators as well as from biomass, geothermal, wind and solar energy. These sources have the ability to provide the country with 1,091-2,000 MW.
Viet Nam has a total solar radiation of between 4-5 kWh per day. The Ho Chi Minh City-based Solar Lab under the National Centre for Natural Sciences and Technology and the Energy Institute in Ha Noi are leaders in solar energy research and development.
According to the Energy Institute, three major solar-energy electricity projects will be built in the next 2-4 years, while ten solar-cum-diesel power systems, with a capacity of 10 kW each, are under construction with financial assistance from the German Government and the Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN). Tohoku organisation of Japan is also considering funding a 10 kW power project run by solar and wind energy in the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac.
Viet Nam now has five large-scale solar power systems. A complex of solar cells and small-hydro power stations with a capacity of 125 kW, funded by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) of Japan, has been built in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. The Government has financed the construction of 300 solar power projects for households and communities on islands in northern provinces, and a US organisation, SELF, has funded a project to build 400 household power systems for the people in the southern provinces of Tien Giang and Tra Vinh.
Regarding wind energy, more than 800 wind-powered generators have been installed in 40 provinces and cities nationwide. Nha Trang city of central coastal Khanh Hoa province boasts one of the country's two "villages" relying solely on wind power, funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Switzerland-Viet Nam Association. The second "village" is located on Can Gio island, Ho Chi Minh City. A total of 50 wind turbines have been installed in Can Gio with financial assistance from France's Agency for the French-Speaking Community (ACCT).
The Energy Institute in Ha Noi is planning for larger-scale wind farms and the EVN and Germany's Ventis organisation have discussed the building of a 20MW wind farm under the turn-key form in Khanh Hoa. Another farm with a capacity of 30 MW funded by Japan has been proposed for central Binh Dinh province. The EVN will also fund one more 20 MW farm also in Khanh Hoa province.
Discussions on the biomass energy are underway with US and British investors regarding a turn-key contract for building a biomass plant in Ho Chi Minh City at a cost of 106 million USD. The plant will process between 1,500 and 3,000 tonnes of garbage per day, generating 15 MW of electricity and producing 480,000 tonnes of NPK fertiliser per year.
Viet Nam also plans to build biogas tanks in rural areas nationwide, with a target of 300,000 tanks by 2010.
The country aims to develop small-sized hydro-power plants in rural and mountainous areas. Currently, more than 100,000 small hydro-power stations are operational and 400 other hydro-power stations are under construction with a total capacity of 30 MW, supplying electricity to more than 1 million people in 20 mountainous and remote provinces.
The Hydro-electric Centre has designed 70 more hydro-power stations for rural areas.-Enditem
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