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Delegates at the meeting venues. (Photo: Van Diep/VNA)
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In the afternoon of August 14, at the Government Office, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a hybrid meeting on reporting the issuance of supplements and updates to the Plan for implementing the Master Plan for Power Development in Vietnam for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050 (Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII).
Speaking at the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized the principle of including in the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII those power projects that are not in violation or have completed the remedy of any violations; meet the criteria for system safety, transmission technology, and economic efficiency, among others, so as not to waste investment resources of enterprises and meet the development requirements of localities.
Localities with power projects that have fully implemented the contents in the conclusions of inspections, examinations, investigations, audits, and court judgments (if any) should soon submit official reports so that the projects can be included in the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII.
Regarding the 154 solar power projects that were approved for addition by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and for which the Ministry advised the Prime Minister to approve the addition without legal basis and grounds related to planning, the Deputy Prime Minister requested that localities and enterprises closely coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and investigative agencies to categorize, explain, clarify, and soon resolve the issue.
Concerning the proposed small hydropower, biomass power, and waste-to-energy projects, the Deputy Prime Minister stated that these are baseload power sources, so the Ministry of Industry and Trade will soon review and supplement them into the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII.
The Deputy Prime Minister also gave opinions on the proposals of some localities regarding the conversion of some coal-fired power projects to gas-fired ones; the relocation of coal-fired power plants; the increase in capacity of some hydropower plants; the adjustment of allocation indicators for rooftop solar power; and the handling of wind power projects overlapping with the planning area for mineral exploration and exploitation.
Earlier, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, up to now, all power projects proposed by localities and reviewed have met the set criteria and been updated in the draft Decision approving the update and addition to the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII.
Specifically, there are 110 wind power projects with a total capacity of over 6,665 MW; 128 small hydropower projects with a total capacity of 1,362.98 MW; 21 biomass power projects with a total capacity of 414 MW; and 34 waste-to-energy projects with a total capacity of 621 MW.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has worked with the Government Inspectorate to review power projects that have not been included in the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII due to the need to remedy violations related to land, investment procedures, and planning, in accordance with the conclusions of inspections or those under inspection and investigation.
Deputy Chief Government Inspector Le Sy Bay noted that localities need to closely coordinate with the industry management agency to adjust and remedy the issues pointed out in the inspection conclusions.
At the meeting, leaders of some localities reported on the settlement and remedy of existing problems mentioned in the conclusions of inspections and investigations, with a view to completing the relevant dossiers and ensuring the continued implementation of the projects. They also proposed the addition of some solar power, small hydropower, waste-to-energy, and biomass power projects to the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said that the approval of updates and supplements to the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII will provide a basis for localities to develop their power sectors and timely supplement power sources that can be built quickly, thus helping ensure power supply security.
However, many solar power projects proposed by localities have not been updated in the Plan for implementing Power Development Master Plan VIII because they are among the 154 solar power projects mentioned in the conclusion of the Government Inspectorate and transferred to investigative agencies regarding the issue of the Ministry of Industry and Trade approving the addition and advising the Prime Minister to approve the addition of these projects without legal basis and grounds related to planning. Therefore, the update and addition of these projects will be carried out after the conclusion of investigative agencies is available.
Besides, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien suggested that localities base on the actual amount of waste generated in their areas when proposing an increase in the capacity allocation for waste-to-energy projects.
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