Vietnam operates 24,300 rooftop solar power projects
As many as 24,300 rooftop solar power projects with a total capacity of 465.8 MWp have been installed and put into operation by early March, according to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).
Installing rooftop solar power systems (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 24,300 rooftop solar power projects with a total capacity of 465.8 MWp have been installedand put into operation by early March, according to the Electricity of Vietnam(EVN).
The group said its National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) mobilized 1.8 kWh of electricityfrom renewable energy projects in the first two months of 2020, accounting fornearly 5 percent of the total power production.
Experts said with Vietnam’s big potential todevelop rooftop solar systems, the numberof rooftop solar projects in Vietnam is likelyto be 5 times higher than the current figure.
Statistics from the NLDC show that the total electricity consumption in the lasttwo months was 36.2 billion kWh.
Meanwhile, the load capacity in the period reached 35,000MW; and the averagedaily electricity consumption was 615 million kWh, up 7.5 percent against thesame period of 2019.
However, the hydroelectricity output in the first two months was only 3.37billion kWh, 2.19 billion kWh lower than the set plan.
Experts said coal and gas thermal power plants play an extremely important rolein ensuring electricity supply in the dry season and the whole 2020 as well in thecontext that the water levels in hydropower reservoirs are much lower thanthose planned./.
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Installing rooftop solar power systems (Photo: VNA) 
