Renewable energy for Vietnam

Posted on 9 Feb 2021
Updated on 9 Feb 2021
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Renewable energy

ISF examined Vietnam's potential to embrace a low-carbon power system by modelling renewable energy scenarios.

RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Reflection of Night view of Business District and Administrative Center of Ho Chi Minh city on Saigon riverbank.

The next Power Development Plan 8 is a historical opportunity to chart the way towards a low-carbon power system for Vietnam, and avoid locking it in a high-carbon social structure.

This report provides a technical and economic analysis of long-term energy and power development plans for Vietnam, carried out by the Institute for Sustainable Futures in cooperation with the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIET).

To undertake a sensitivity analysis of different energy system scenarios, we used various computer models: a GIS-based mapping tool to assess Vietnam’s potential for utility-scale solar photovoltaic, onshore wind, and offshore wind power generation within the country’s space constraints; a long-term energy scenario model to develop mid- and long-term energy pathways for all sectors (power, industry, transport); a computer model that calculates future demands and load curves for the power sector to analyse Vietnam’s power sector, subdivided in eight regions, with one hour resolution; and an open-source cost optimisation tool to optimise the costs of power generation.

This report was made possible with grant funding from European Climate Foundation to enable informed public discussion for development of economically and environmentally sustainable policies.

Renewable Energy for Viet Nam (Report)