Within the framework of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG), the VEPG Offshore Wind Task Force in cooperation with the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) held a Workshop on "Grid connection, operational management and technical aspects of Offshore Wind" in Hanoi yesterday on June 1, 2023.
The Workshop was attended by nearly 100 delegates, who are leaders and officials from the units under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and EVN; Embassies of Denmark, the United Kingdom, Australia; representatives and energy experts from international organizations, as well as domestic and foreign associations and enterprises.
The Workshop focused on the potential of Offshore Wind (OSW) development in Viet Nam, as well as the status and challenges for OSW operation and grid connection. Viet Nam has set the target for OSW installed capacity nationwide of 06 GW by 2030. To realize that goal, the Task Force emphasizes that it is necessary to establish policy measures or incentives to encourage investment in grid infrastructure for OSW in Viet Nam, and to identify the most successful models from other countries that may be adopted for the Vietnamese context. Besides, it is essential that the development and approval of the Marine Spatial Plan, as well as the determination of the sites for offshore wind power development, is done transparently.
According to European Union (EU) experience, the experts shared that EU aims at integrating 300 GW of OSW by 2050. To realize that goal, it is necessary for EU to shift to hybrid and meshed offshore transmission infrastructure, which will help optimize infrastructure build-out and on-land beach crossings, increasing infrastructure utilization rates and improving the ability of power system to match supply and demand.
Sharing from the Danish successful experience on OSW grid connection, the expert from Energinet said that the common challenges for large infrastructure projects are approvals on state and local levels, timeplan uncertainties, as well as risks for delays and changes in projects.
Read the full article about the workshop at: http://gizenergy.org.vn/.../vepg-workshop-grid-connection...
See the presentations at the workshop at: http://gizenergy.org.vn/.../documents-workshop-grid...
Established in December 2022 within the framework of VEPG, the Offshore Wind Task Force facilitate the dialogue between Viet Nam and international development organization on OSW to identify examples of best practice and provide recommendations for key issues in Viet Nam. The Task Force holds monthly meetings to update on the progress of studies and relate issues to the OSW topics. The meetings are coordinated by the group of experts from the GIZ Energy Support Programme (ESP).
