Wind power project in Bạc Lieu Province in Vietnam. - Vietnam News/ANN
HANOI, April 19 (Vietnam News/ANN): The latest draft of the National Power Development Plan for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2045 (PDP VIII), has made drastic reductions of CO2 emissions with no new coal-fired power plants to be built in the planning period, and with the switch from coal and natural gas to biomass, ammonia and hydrogen, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Dang Hoang An.
In his report at a virtual conference with localities on PDP VIII, the deputy minister said that compared with previous drafts, this one also makes remarkable changes to the structure of energy sources and the designation of power development space, which helps reduce social investment capital and save US$13bil (RM54.6bil) for development of power transmission lines.
