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Vietnam to give

priority to renewables

VIETNAM VIETNAM expects solar power to account for ahead of other countries, including South Korea,
5.9% of power output by 2030 and 8.4% by 2045. Japan and the Philippines.
Nguyen Duc Hieu, head of the country’s Cen- Dao Xuan Lai from UNDP expressed his
tral Economics Committee, told the Industry concern about how to treat the waste from wind
4.0 Summit 2021 that the eighth national power and solar power plants after the equipment ends
development plan calls for Vietnam to prioritize its life cycle.
renewable and new energy resources. Lai warned that the waste of wind and solar
It is expected that solar power will account for power plants is part of the industrial waste
5.4-5.9% of total electricity generation output by stream. The volume of waste could be up to hun-
2030 and 8.4% by 2045. dreds of thousands of tons in the next 10 years.
Meanwhile, onshore and near-shore wind Photovoltaic (PV) panels and end-of-life
power would account for 6.5%. As for offshore wind turbines contain valuable materials which,
wind power, the capacity would be 2,000 MW or if recycled, could help save natural resources.
higher by 2030. Discarded photovoltaic (PV) panels are con-
Vietnam would also generate electricity from sidered hazardous waste unless components
solid waste, biomass and other types of renewa- containing hazardous materials are properly
ble energy, which is anticipated to account for removed and disposed of.
0.9-1% by 2030 and 2.2-2.5% by 2045. In Vietnam, there is still no legal basis for
If the plan is implemented, the generation the classification of waste from wind and solar
capacity and the proportion of electricity from power plants, and the waste collection and treat-
renewable energy sources will increase rapidly in ment is rudimentary.
the future, especially in 2030-2045, when tech- The representative from UNDP suggested
nological advances will help reduce investment classifying waste and compiling detailed guid-
rates and electricity generation production costs. ance on how to uninstall photovoltaic (PV)
Commenting about offshore wind power, panels. Wind and solar power developers need
Mark Hutchinson from GWEC said Vietnam to observe the extended producer responsibility
could not only create a new industry but also (EPR).™
generate hundreds of thousands of jobs and a
new offshore wind power centre in Asia if it is

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