20220907 PDP8 will it be this year?
About to complete the project of the longest sea-crossing 220kV power line in Southeast Asia
Construction of the 220 kV line crossing the Kien Binh - Phu Quoc sea was started by the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and the Southern Electricity Corporation (EVNSPC) as an investor with a total investment of over VND 2,200 billion in March 2019.
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Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant Expansion: Slow in construction, damaged on many aspects
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported in writing to the Prime Minister to agree with EVN's proposal on the results of the overall assessment of the expanded Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant Project and the proposal to allow the project to resume construction.
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PV power invest LNG Quang Ninh together with COLAVI, Tokyo Gas and Marubeni (05 Sep 2022)
Conclusion from Office of Gov (06 Sep) regarding PDP8
MOIT need to revise draft PDP8, with following comments
Vision to 2050 rather than 2045
Reduce coal power plant to 2030.
Assess feasibility of LNG project (imported..). Endorse wind, on encourage self consumption solar..
Consider to import power from Laos (fact: EVN signed several PPAs to import power from Laos, recently)
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So as I said earlier, just wait..
Money, lot of money..
Due to McKinsey (24 Aug 2022), investment for new energy was about 257 billions world-wide.
The following story happened in Malaysia, how about other places..
The guilty verdict for former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor today, September 1, is the second recent landmark corruption case before the Malaysian judiciary, one starting to resemble an assembly line of top political figures facing unaccustomed justice.
Although the 70-year-old Rosmah was convicted of taking bribes totaling about US$42 million to swing a US$280 million contract to a firm named Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd supply solar power to schools in the east Malaysian state of Sarawak, she was widely known during her husband’s heyday as prime minister to be a go-to source for approvals for contracts, land acquisitions and a wide range of government actions.
