The results pushed the total number of customers installing those systems in the first seven months of this year to 4,517 with capacity totalling 197.95MWp, 99 percent of the target.

Over 1,600 households install roof-top solar power system in July.

So far, the EVNCPC has developed 8,732 roof-top solar power projects with 295.7MWp of total capacity transferred to the power grid.

To encourage customers to install roof-top solar power systems, the corporation directed power firms in the central and Central Highlands regions to increase communication and public information related to connection agreements and investment.

At the same time, the firms created optimal conditions for customers to access information, while choosing suitable places for the installation of the system.

Deputy head of the Communications Department of the EVNCPC Hoang Ngoc Thach said that the corporation has also asked its member companies to speed up the implementation of the projects to upgrade middle-voltage power grids in 2020.

At the same time, the firm is encouraging investors and supporting them in developing roof-top solar power projects, thus avoiding overload at 110kV transformer stations.

Currently, 13 power grid upgrading and investment projects serving roof-top solar power systems are underway at a total cost of VND145.5 billion. They are scheduled to be completed in 2020.

ADB provides loan for 50MW solar power plant in Tay Ninh

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 37.8 million-USD loan deal with TTC Energy Development Investment JSC (TTC Energy) to provide long-term financing to develop and operate a 50-MW photovoltaic solar power plant in the southern province of Tay Ninh.

Vietnam to lower tariffs for solar power

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed a new feed-in tariff 32 percent lower than the earlier incentive rate.

Decade's last solar eclipse visible from Vietnam

The last solar eclipse of the decade would happen on Thursday noon, and can be seen from across Vietnam.

Vietnam Solar Power Expo 2019 opens

The Vietnam Solar Power Expo 2019 opened in Hanoi on September 25, drawing 48 exhibitors and more than 300 enterprises.

Southeast Asia's largest solar farm begins operations in southern Vietnam

A 420 MW solar power project, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, has officially started production in Tay Ninh.

Source: NDO/VNA