The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has approved a sum of
288,000 USD in non-refundable official development assistance (ODA) to
fund wind power projects in Vietnam.
The
technical assistance project will run until August 2014 and will
evaluate the effect of integrating wind power into the national
electricity grid.
The project will define the
scale of the impact and provide recommendations on appropriate
regulation. It also aims to review the management of the electricity
market to ensure a sustainable power supply.
According to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), Vietnam has only two
wind power farms with a total capacity of 60 MW in central coastal Binh
Thuan and southern Bac Lieu provinces. These facilities are already
connected to the national grid.-VNA