Vietnam

Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang said nuclear power plants are of essential significance for the national development.

Vietnam's Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai has assigned the Ministry of Finance to create an operational mechanism for an electricity price stabilization fund.

Korea and Vietnam will start a one-year feasibility study as early as next month for the construction of a Korean-developed nuclear power plant.

Vietnam's plans to raise the number of thermal power plants will require 14.4  to 15.2 million tons of coal for electricity production in 2012.

After a drop in uranium imports in 2011, China intends to increase uranium imports this year to keep pace with the building of more nuclear power plants.

Ho Chi Minh City will employ two additional power plants with a combined capacity of 40MW using energy created by organic waste.

Pakistan's NEPRA will hold public hearings in Karachi for fuel and power purchase cost adjustments in electricty tariff.

A new dam has allowed the Theun-Hinboun hydropower plant in Borikhamxay province of Laos to generate energy at its full capacity of 220 megawatts.

Construction of the Nam Ngiep 2 hydropower plant in Xieng Khuang province is about 10

Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) will install 5,500 solar water heaters in 21 provinces nationwide with VND1 million worth of support for each customer participating in its promotion program. Nguyen Van Hop, deputy general director of EVN SPC, said that the corporation installed around 1,400 heaters with the same support last year. Households, hospitals, kindergartens, schools, restaurants and hotels are all able to take advantage of the discount, he added. According to the company, there are currently in use over 2.5 million electrical water heaters with the power capacity of 2-5 kilowatts and consuming up to four billion kilowatts each year. With the advantage of the tropical climate, southern provinces can use solar energy almost all year round and thus, the use of solar water heaters can save a large amount of power and money. The firm calculated that a household of five members using a 200-liter solar water heater can save 150 kilowatts of power per month. EVN SPC on Monday signed cooperation agreements with manufacturers who will provide solar water heaters to the program. They are Gia Nam Co., Back Khoa Investment and Development of Solar Energy Corp., Phu Lac Khang Co., Son Ha International Corp., Tan A Dai Thanh Group and Toan My Energy Co  

Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) will install 5,500 solar water heaters in 21 provinces nationwide with VND1 million worth of support for each customer participating in its promotion program. Nguyen Van Hop, deputy general director of EVN SPC, said that the corporation installed around 1,400 heaters with the same support last year. Households, hospitals, kindergartens, schools, restaurants and hotels are all able to take advantage of the discount, he added. According to the company, there are currently in use over 2.5 million electrical water heaters with the power capacity of 2-5 kilowatts and consuming up to four billion kilowatts each year. With the advantage of the tropical climate, southern provinces can use solar energy almost all year round and thus, the use of solar water heaters can save a large amount of power and money. The firm calculated that a household of five members using a 200-liter solar water heater can save 150 kilowatts of power per month. EVN SPC on Monday signed cooperation agreements with manufacturers who will provide solar water heaters to the program. They are Gia Nam Co., Back Khoa Investment and Development of Solar Energy Corp., Phu Lac Khang Co., Son Ha International Corp., Tan A Dai Thanh Group and Toan My Energy Co  

Energy hungry Vietnam is set to throw a huge amount of money at the problem of producing more electricity from coal by 2030.

Its coal industry needs investments amounting to some US$15.1 billion to fulfill its development targets between now and 2020.

An Australian firm will build a $400 million plasma converted gas plant to produce electricity in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s unshakable determination to build a series of nuclear power plants has caught the attention of the British.

New environmental impact assessments will be conducted on two proposed hydropower plants in Veitnam.