Vietnam

Licences have been given to 12 of 16 planned wind power projects.

It aims to grow hydropower capacity to 2,000-3,000MW.

It is now training companies and preparing hydropower plants to enter the market.

Coal takes centre stage with 35% market share, whilst renewables deals are stuck at pre-investment even with electricity demand poised to grow by 8% until 2025.

The projects are expected to cost $83m.

It signed contracts for 50MW and 30MW solar projects.

Investment in the country's utilities is rising, marked by B.Grimm Power's $34m investment in a 420MW project.

They will be valid for projects that will enter commercial operations before November 2021.

Oil-fired power plants need to generate 5.2 billion kWh by 2020.

It has a capacity of 352MW.

It tied up with Xuan Cau to develop what is touted as Southeast Asia’s largest solar power plant.

The country aims to generate above 7% of its electricity needs via renewables in 2020.

It will be finalised by July 15.

The deal covers land allocation for the project.

The project will cost around $1.46b.

Its first phase will cost $35.02m.