A view of Wind Power Plant No 1 in Tuy Phong District in the southern central province of Binh Thuan. Wind power has a growing role in Viet Nam's energy market. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngoc Ha |
HA NOI (VNS- November, 09 2012 11:23:14)— As an experienced country in wind power
development, Denmark was willing to share knowledge and technology with Viet
Nam and help tap the country's huge potential for this form of renewable
energy, said Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Building Martin Lidegaard.
Speaking
at a partnership seminar between the two countries yesterday, he emphasised the
growing role of wind power in the energy market and its contribution to
reducing green house gases and creating jobs, as shown by Denmark's
experiences.
Deputy
Minister of Industry and Trade Le Duong Quang said that Viet Nam was targeting
to increase the proportion of renewable power from 3.5 per cent in 2010 to 4.5
per cent in 2020 and 6 per cent in 2030.
It
had already offered investors incentives including import tax exemption for
equipment that wasn't produced locally, corporate income tax breaks, and no
land use or environmental protection fees.
He
appreciated Danish aid to Viet Nam aimed at mitigating and responding to the
impacts of climate change, as well as renewable energy projects including one
in the central province of Binh Thuan.
Also
yesterday, Vestas – a Danish wind turbine manufacturer – and its Vietnamese
partner Cong Ly Construction, Trading, Tourism Company based in the southern
province of Bac Lieu signed a partnership agreement to develop wind farms in
Viet Nam.
Feasibility
studies would be conducted and finished by the end of this year
.
Senior
director of Vestas Asia-Pacific and China Naveen Raghavan Balachandran said
that Viet Nam was a market with excellent fundamentals for wind power including
economic growth, a favourable energy mix, abundant wind resources and an
emerging wind power policy.
However,
he pointed out challenges including a lack of detailed wind studies and its
compatibility with infrastructure, and the limited capitalisation of local
banks which meant reliance on international banks, resulting in a high cost of
capital to compensate for market and sovereign risks.
Moreover,
the country's current wind feed-in-tariff was not high enough to enable
projects to become financially viable, he said.
Source:
VNS
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