Viet Nam (Focus Country)

The Government of Viet Nam (GoV) has issued several policies and mechanisms towards promoting the development of new and renewable energy, as well as energy efficiency and conservation programmes. This provides the prioritization of fast and sustainable energy development, while aiming foster favourable conditions for all economic sectors, particularly the private sector, to participate in energy development. In 2020, Solar Power development has continued to experience unexpected growth, by the end of 2020, rooftop solar installed capacity grew by over 2.000% (from 378 MW) and almost doubled the capacity of ground-mounted solar, reaching a total installed capacity of 9.583,00 MWp from more than 102.000 rooftop solar systems. The power companies, responsible for grid integration of decentralized electricity generated by PV are playing a crucial role for the increase of PV installed capacity in the national system. The GoV pursues its social commitment to provide access to electricity to the entire country. BMZ is supporting these programmes with the project „Capacity development and training for the market development of energy efficiency and renewable energy in Viet Nam “. Capacity building is needed to increase the system quality on grid-connected PV systems, especially in the market segment of rooftop PV.