Nuclear power technology is developing and Vietnam must be updated continuously with new technology, especially in the field of waste treatment and material reuse, said Brett Jacobs, the Southeast Asia Programs Manager under the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Directorate of Global Energy Dialogue, at a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Huu Hao.
Nuclear power technology is developing
and Vietnam
must be updated continuously with new technology, especially in the field of
waste treatment and material reuse, said Brett Jacobs, the Southeast Asia
Programs Manager under the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Directorate of
Global Energy Dialogue, at a meeting with Vietnamese Deputy Minister of
Industry and Trade Do Huu Hao.
Regarding Vietnam’s energy
development policies, Deputy Minister Do Huu Hao said that Vietnam has a
long-term plan to develop nuclear power, under which nuclear power will account
for 25-30 percent of the total production output of electricity in Vietnam in
the future.
Vietnam is expediting a project to build the first complex of
nuclear power plants in Vietnam
with total capacity of 4,000MW. The first turbine will come into operation to produce
commercial electricity by 2020.
Brett Jacobs emphasized, “When
designing its first nuclear power plant, Vietnam must give top priority to
ensuring safety.”
He said that Vietnam should
develop renewable energy and especially apply low emission technologies. “IEA
is willing to help Vietnam
consider some policies and develop these energy resources.”
Deputy Minister Do Huu Hao
said that Vietnam
has the potential to develop biomass energy but it does not yet utilize this
type of energy to generate power and just uses it for cooking purposes. Recently,
Vietnam planned to cooperate
with Germany
to develop wind power and biomass power. However, the price of wind power is
rather high compared with electricity that is obtained from other sources.
“Thus far we have made no
plan to develop wind power and biomass power but we will do this in the
future.” - said the deputy minister.
Many businesses in Thua Thien Hue Province have adjusted their operations, shifting production to off-peak hours and optimizing equipment to support the power sector’s electricity efficiency initiatives.
The synchronized application of management solutions, improvement initiatives, and investments in new technical technologies has helped Vnsteel Thang Long Coated Steel Joint Stock Company save 469,806 kWh, equivalent to an energy-saving rate of 16.2%.
Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) launched the competition “Accelerating Innovative Startups for Energy Efficiency Competition”.
On September 12, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with the Danish Energy Agency and the Danish Embassy, organized a technical seminar on “Consultation on industrial cooling catalogue, ventilation catalogue, heat recovery and heat pump guideline”. This seminar is part of the Energy Partnership programme between Vietnam and Denmark 2020 - 2025 (Depp3), funded by the Danish government.
On the morning of September 10 in Bac Ninh, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), held an awareness workshop on "Energy management system and system optimization adoption".
Paper industry enterprises account for about 5% of total energy consumption across all industrial sectors, focusing on three key products: packaging paper, tissue paper, and uncoated printing and writing paper.
On the afternoon of September 9, 2024, in Hanoi, a technical consultation meeting titled "Research Methods for Energy Usage Standards Development and Amendment in the Steel Industry" was organized.
Energy costs account for 20-30% of total production expenses in the paper and pulp manufacturing sector. Experts believe that the potential for energy savings in this industry is substantial.