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However, according to Mr. Hoang Quoc Vuong, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, the development of RE projects still has "bottlenecks" that need to be removed soon. In particular, it is necessary to have a legal framework for RE development through bidding to select investors to develop projects, contributing to increasing transparency and reducing the price of electricity purchased from projects.
Challenge
According to Vuong, with a record of new solar power capacity being put into operation in about 1 year, Vietnam has become one of the most exciting and attractive renewable energy markets in Southeast Asia.
Data of the Department of Electricity and Renewable Energy under the Ministry of Industry and Trade noted that by the end of May 11, 2020, Vietnam has nearly 6,000 MW of RE electricity put into operation to generate electricity, ensuring timely supply of electricity to the economy. In addition, reducing the amount of electricity running on high prices and shifting energy towards sustainable development, attracting large social capital invested in electricity infrastructure ...
However, Mr. Vuong said, the rapid increase of this energy source is creating new challenges for the synchronous development of the grid system, electricity pricing mechanism ... Specifically, the coefficient The capacity of renewable energy sources (wind, solar) in Vietnam is only about 18-20%, significantly lower than that of coal (about 75%) and hydropower (about 40-50%). In addition, if renewable energy is deeply involved in the system, the operation will face the following challenges: power quality also tends to deteriorate, the phenomenon of voltage outside the prescribed threshold will increase, especially in the the area where many sources are concentrated and away from the load center, the process of imbalance in the system tends to happen faster and more strongly ...
As one of the localities with great potential for RE development in Vietnam, so far, Binh Thuan has dozens of wind power projects and nearly 100 solar power projects invested. However, representatives of Binh Thuan Department of Industry and Trade said that the development of RE project in the locality encountered some difficulties and obstacles. Typically, the situation that investors have not met the management capacity, financial capacity, projects mainly depend on mobilizing loans from banks and credit institutions; site clearance compensation faces many difficulties ... In particular, the current situation of grid and grid connection infrastructure is not enough to release electricity generation capacity.
Similarly, in Ca Mau, although investors are interested in researching and proposing many RE projects, at present, the implementation is relatively slow, not ensuring the set progress. One of the main reasons is that the transmission grid is at risk of not being met if the wind and gas power projects operate simultaneously. Meanwhile, the addition of projects to the current electricity development planning is still quite slow, affecting the project implementation schedule.
Sharing with the Bidding Newspaper, Mr. Ha Van Chuong, Deputy Director of Electricity of Dak Lak, said that the development of solar power roofs connected after the local substation is facing some difficulties and obstacles due to So far, Decision No. 13/2020 / QD-TTg has been effective for about 1 month, but there has been no guidance for implementation.
It is necessary to promulgate a legal framework on renewable energy development bidding
In the context of the increasing risk of electricity shortage for development, to promote RE development in the coming time, the Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Industry and Trade to study and propose the application of bidding mechanism for development. RE sources to replace FIT price mechanism (the prices applicable to electricity produced from RE sources for sale to the grid or used locally to reduce the load for the grid) in order to increase competitiveness in investor selection. implementation of the project.
The representative of Electricity and Renewable Energy Department also shared that the current FIT price mechanism has some limitations such as: projects focusing on development in areas with good potential leading to grid overload in some areas, increased competition for land; FIT electricity prices can hardly reflect closely and timely changes in technology prices of the market, which often leads to unexpected "hot" development. "Therefore, we need to switch to a new mechanism to overcome these limitations," the representative of the Department of Electricity and Renewable Energy emphasized and said that this is a mechanism to select investors publicly and transparently. , be fair, create opportunities for qualified investors to participate in project development.
Referring to the benefits of bidding for the development of RE projects (solar power), a World Bank study published in early 2020 shows that the FIT pricing mechanism has also raised new issues. in which the phenomenon of solar power projects must operate below the installed power generation capacity (deflation). Accordingly, this approach will solve the problem of deflation as well as improve risk sharing between the State and private investors.
In particular, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said that the bidding to select investors to develop solar power projects will bring many benefits, especially to ensure the high success of the project by assessing the capacity. Investors. |
