February 4, 2008 (UPI) – The Tuyen Quang hydroelectric plant’s generator was connected to the national power grid in Vietnam, the Vietnam News Agency reported. The plant, which cost more than $438 million to build, will have three generators when finished with a total capacity of 342 megawatts.
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Vietnam connects new hydroelectric plant
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Hydro, Vietnam on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Asia’s tigers eye nuclear future
Posted in ADB, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Hydro, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Legislation, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nuclear, Philippines, Singapore, Solar, Thailand, Vietnam on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 15, 2008 (Asia Times) – The 2005-07 spike in petroleum prices topping out at US$100 a barrel has prodded economic planners across the globe to reconsider their energy options in an age of growing concern over global warming and carbon emissions. The Southeast Asian economies, beneficiaries of an oil and gas export bonanza through [...]
Vietnam approves plan to use biofuels
Posted in Biofuels, Vietnam on November 25, 2007 | 4 Comments »
November 22, 2007 (Reuters) – Vietnam, which has a technology-sharing pact with leading ethanol producer Brazil, on Thursday approved the production and use of biofuels as it seeks to diversify its energy sources.
Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai said in a directive that biofuel output, including ethanol, would reach 250,000 tons [...]
Vietnam on the Jatropha Bandwagon
Posted in Biodiesel, Jatropha, Vietnam on October 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
September 28, 2007 (VietNamNet) – A group of researchers from the HCM City-based Institute for Tropical Biology is conducting a pilot project, in which they plant Purging nut (Jatropha curcas L.) to process bio-fuel.The researchers have grown purging nut in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, which has suitable weather and soil conditions for this [...]
ADB to Finance $931 Million Vietnam Thermal Power Project
Posted in ADB, Cleantech venture capital, Geothermal, Vietnam on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
September 21, 2007 (ADB) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$28 million first-stage loan for Viet Nam’s Mong Duong thermal power project. The plant will ultimately add 2,200 megawatts of generating capacity to Viet Nam’s electricity system. Total ADB funding under the two-stage financing program will be $931 million.
Vietnam CDM Projects Encouraged
Posted in Carbon Credits, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Vietnam on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
August 10, 2007 (Viet Nam News) HA NOI — Projects using a clean development mechanism (CDM) in Viet Nam will now benefit from tax incentives, preferential land rent and investment credit.
CDM projects include initiatives that use environmentally friendly technology, prove to generate no or little greenhouse gas and are recognised by the International CDM Executive [...]
