Measures sought to encourage installation of roof-top power systems
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha recently held a working session with representatives from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and a number of relevant ministries and agencies on policies to increase the installation of roof-top solar power systems in the community.
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha recently held a working session with representatives from the Ministry of Industry andTrade (MoIT), the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and a number of relevant ministriesand agencies on policies to increase the installation of roof-top solar powersystems in the community.
Under the National Power Development Plan for the 2021-2030period, with a vision to 2050 (PDP VIII), in 2030, 50% of office buildings and50% of residential houses use solar power for their self-consumption.
At the working session, participants pointed out a number ofdifficulties hindering the installation of roof-top solar power system andreasons behind the situation, as well as measures to promote the installationof the system in houses and buildings, especially in areas with high risk ofpower shortage like the northern and central regions.
Concluding the session, Deputy PM Ha said that as mattersrelated to solar and renewable energy have yet to be included in legaldocuments, it is necessary to design flexible policies in piloting the scheme.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha addresses the working session (Photo: VNA)
He asked the MoIT to promptly propose to the Government andthe PM mechanisms and policies to encourage investment in the field and promotethe use of electricity generated from roof-top power systems in dailyactivities as well as offices and businesses’ operations.
Management agencies should provide optimal conditions and give technicalguidance as well as incentives to solar power equipment manufacturers andimporters, while supporting households in purchasing the equipment, andbuilding a suitable price framework for roof-top electricity transmitted to thepower grid.
Earlier, PM Pham Minh Chinh and Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha hadmany meetings with relevant ministries and agencies to seek measures to ensurepower supply in the dry season of 2023 and following years, especially in thenorth.
On June 6, PM Chinh sent a dispatch to ministries, sectorsand localities on urgent solutions to ensure supply of power in the dry seasonof 2023 and following years as well as effectively implement power savingmeasures.
On June 8, Deputy PM Ha also issued a directive on thestrengthening of power saving in the 2023-2035 period and following years, whichincluded the promotion of roof-top power system installation./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha addresses the working session (Photo: VNA) 
