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Rooftop solar panels are installed on a building in Ho Chi Minh City s Go Vap District. VNA/VNS
VN to cut renewable energy capacity due to power oversupply
Wed, 17 March 2021
Low power demand coupled with an oversupply of electricity at times have forced Vietnamese authorities to cut the capacity of renewable energy plants to avoid overwhelming the national grid, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Significant investments from social resources have been poured into developing renewable energy, particularly solar energy, in recent years, according to the ministry.
However, a boom in high-capacity renewable energy projects, mainly in central and southern Vietnam, has overloaded inter-regional transmission lines and caused oversupply at times, the ministry said in Document No 1226/BCT-DTDL sent to the National Assembly’s committees for Science, Technology and Environment, and Economic Affairs and the Office of the Government explaining its stance on the power