This makes solar power currently account for 8.28 percent of Vietnam’s electricity capacity.

Earlier, the EVN agreed to continue the current feed-in tariff (FiT) rate at 9.35 US cents per kWh for rooftop solar power projects nationwide until 2021 as proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

As of June 30, as many as 82 solar power plants with a combined capacity of 4,460MW had been connected to the national grid, according to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group.

This rate has been applied for all kinds of solar technologies, including floating, ground-mounted, and rooftop solar power projects, under the FiT programme between June 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019.

By the end of 2019, another 13 solar power plants are scheduled to be connected the national grid, with a combined capacity of 630MW, raising the total number of the country’s solar power plants to 95.

Developing solar power in Vietnam

 

Construction starts on Vietnam's largest solar power plant

Construction of a solar power plant, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam, got underway in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan on July 7.

Southeast Asia’s largest solar project to be built in Vietnam

The $420 million project, a Thailand-Vietnam joint venture, is set to open for commercial use in June 2019.

Vietnam sets out green ambitions with bold targets for solar, rare earth

Vietnam has been seeking to promote renewable energy development to reduce pollution.

Da Nang to develop nation’s first solar farm

The central city of Da Nang is set to build the first solar farm in the country that could connect to the national grid as early as the first quarter of 2018, project officials said.

Source: VNA