Vietnam home to nearly 50,000 rooftop solar projects
There are some 50,000 operational rooftop solar projects around Vietnam with a combined capacity of about 1,200 MWp, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has revealed.
There are some 50,000 operational rooftop solar projects around Vietnam (Illustrative photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) -🌟 There are some 50,000 operational rooftop solar projects aroundVietnam with a combined capacity of about 1,200 MWp, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)has revealed.
Ofthese, 25,700 with 758.2 MWp were installed in the first eight months of 2020. EVNreported that the sector generated and imported a total of 164.05 billion kWh fromJanuary-August, a year-on-year rise of 2.01 percent. Ofthis, hydropower produced 39.03 billion kWh, down 12.75 percent against the sameperiod last year, and coal-fired plants 88.87 billion kWh, up 11.66 percent. Meanwhile,24.96 billion kWh was generated by gas-fuelled plants and 1.04 billion kWh byoil-fired plants, respectively. Electricityproduced from renewable sources totalled 7.27 billion kWh. Some 6.39 billionkWh was from solar energy alone, surpassing the target and up 2.94-foldcompared to the same period of 2019. Notably,the proportion of customers using cashless payments for electricity bills stoodat 61.5 percent in August./.
Nearly 90 solar power plants with a total capacity of about 4,000 MWp were put into operation in the second quarter of this year, setting a record so far, the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) reported.
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There are some 50,000 operational rooftop solar projects around Vietnam (Illustrative photo: VNA) 
