Vietnamese PM demands solar auctions in place of subsidies
Vietnam’s second-round solar feed-in tariff (FiT) could be cut short in favour of an auction model after the prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued an order highlighting shortcomings in the way the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has handled the roll-out of solar power. The shock move, which still needs to be released in […]
Vietnamese PV maker Dehui bets on US solar to fuel 2020s growth
One of the biggest names of Vietnam’s PV manufacturing scene is to throw its weight behind the US solar market over the next three years, with plans to target utility-scale buyers by embracing bifacial technology. This month, Dehui Solar told PV Tech of its ambitions to triple its business with the US in the space of three […]
Villar’s renewable energy unit eyes more solar farm projects
The Villar group has primed an initial salvo of solar farm projects as it dives deeper into the burgeoning renewable energy-based power generation market.
Virtual launching of third edition of Journal of Greater Mekong Studies
The third edition of the Journal of the Greater Mekong Studies (JGMS) was launched this week during a Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) video event.
Vivant Energy awards 2 new contracts to Malaysian solar firm
Vivant Energy Corporation announced yesterday that had awarded two new contracts to a Malaysian solar energy system specialist. Vivant Energy chose Solarvest to undertake the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning works of the development of solar PV systems at 10 designated buildings, with cumulative capacity of 816.2-kilowatt peak (kWp), at the University San Agustin in […]
VN solar energy a foreign-firm magnet
This month saw the inauguration of the largest solar power plant in Southeast Asia, Dau Tieng in Vietnam, by Dau Tieng Energy JSC and Thailand’s B Grimm Power Public Company Limited. It was built in Tay Ninh province, which borders Cambodia’s Tbong Khmum and Svay Rieng provinces, at a cost of more than 9.1 trillion […]
VN wants more investment from India: leader
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam expects Indian firms to invest more in Việt Nam, Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng said at the Việt Nam-India Business Forum held in Hà Nội on Monday. The fields expected to lure Indian investment include renewable energy, manufacturing industry, information technology and infrastructure construction, he said. Việt Nam also […]
VN’s biggest renewable energy project to go operational in Apri
General Director of Trung Nam Group Nguyen Tam Tien said the 246-hectare solar and wind power complex would supply 401 million kWh each year for the provincial and national energy grid, and earn annual revenue of US$71 million from power sales. Tien said the plants would employ 2,000 local workers starting from the end of […]
Voith Hydro completes modernization of digital turbine governors for Kinda plant, Myanmar
Voith has successfully completed the modernization of digital governors for two units of the Kinda hydropower plant in Myanmar, reviving the plant and contributing to local economic and social development.
Voith Hydro, Widad to bid for hydro projects in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Voith Hydro GmbH & Co KG has partnered Widad Business Group Sdn Bhd (WBG) to seek and bid for hydro projects in Malaysia.