The Vietnam Clean Energy Forum's opening ceremony (second time)

DNHN - On April 7, 2022, at the International Convention Center - ICC, the program "Vietnam Clean Energy Forum (second time) took place with the participation of ministries, agencies and news agencies. press and a large number of delegates participated in the forum in both face-to-face and online form.

The event, organized by the Science Council of Vietnam Energy Magazine and the Vietnam Energy Information Center, brings together central government management agencies, the National Committee for Science, Technology, and the Environment, the State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's Department of Climate Change, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade's Institute of Energy. 

With the theme "Towards carbon neutrality - Mechanisms, policies, technology and finance for wind power, solar power and gas power projects", the forum is an opportunity for representatives of state management agencies , consulting agencies, investors, credit institutions, clean energy investment enterprises and scientists share, exchange and analyze the aforementioned problems and challenges.

Discuss the great opportunities for clean energy sources according to the Government's orientation and determination on sustainable development. In particular, the policy of stopping coal-fired projects that have not yet implemented construction investment, and at the same time recommending to the competent authorities to issue appropriate regulations and mechanisms, remove difficulties for businesses, enhance the develop green and clean forms of energy. 

The main content of the event includes:

1. New challenges in clean energy development in Vietnam: In electricity planning, land management planning; bidding for investor selection, bidding for contractor selection; in investment preparation, capital arrangement; domestic and imported fuel sources (price, supply, infrastructure system for gas-fired power projects); ability to participate in the electricity market; cooperation with local authorities.

2. Mechanism for selecting investors of wind power, solar power, gas power. 

3. Preferential funding policies for the energy industry, especially renewable energy and high technology. 

4. Conditions for granting credit to develop clean energy projects, international policy experiences of developing countries on policies to attract investment sources, and credits for investment in clean energy projects.

5. Manufacturers and equipment suppliers introduce the production potential, technology of advanced, high-performance equipment associated with the project's environmental protection. International experience in handling the selection of advanced and sustainable technology with financial and price harmonization, as well as experience in building sets of technical - technology standards to be promulgated, creating a legal corridor and transparency in project development. 

6. Mechanism - solution to promote renewable energy development. 

7. Other issues (recommended by the investor, credit provider and equipment supplier). 

The forum will focus on debating and sharing solutions to situations such as the following: 

- Regulations on organization of bidding for investor selection (organization, organization conditions, unification of input parameters for the location of projects in different localities, determination of ceiling prices, for may participate, etc).

- The conditions for credit loans of domestic commercial credit institutions for domestic investors according to regulations of the State Bank of Vietnam are still inadequate and difficult for both banks and investors.

- Regulations on gas purchase and sale contracts and power purchase and sale contracts of projects are not suitable for lending conditions of foreign credit institutions.

- The grid infrastructure is yet insufficiently developed and synchronized to provide a technological foundation for renewable energy integration. Between the investor in a power source project and EVN, there is a power grid investment boundary. 

- Consensus from local authorities (incentive, land fund arrangement and support for compensation and site clearance). 

- Currently, there are a number of limitations, including a lack of legislation governing technical standards, environmental safety requirements, and standards for renewable energy and clean energy projects. 

- Necessary solutions, mechanisms and policies are proposed by investors, credit providers and equipment suppliers. 

This forum will honor the "TOP 10 prestigious clean energy IPP investors in Vietnam 2021" and the "TOP 10 best-rated wind and solar technology, equipment, and services enterprises in Vietnam 2021" in order to recognize, encourage, and promote investors and businesses that have invested in developing typical clean energy sources; providing high-tech electrical equipment; and providing construction services for clean energy projects, thereby contributing to increasing investment efficiency and ensuring project viability. 

The forum is the basis for the Scientific Council of the Vietnam Energy Magazine to synthesize and make recommendations for the competent authorities to promulgate appropriate regulations and mechanisms in the coming time, remove difficulties for businesses, increase feasibility of implementing the Power Master Plan, as well as contributing to the implementation of Vietnam's international commitments on carbon neutrality by 2050. 

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