Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hosts a meeting on the National Power Development Plan for 2021-2030
On the afternoon of August 14, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a hybrid meeting with several ministries, sectors, and localities to discuss the issuance of supplements and updates to the plan for the implementation of the National Power Development Plan for the period of 2021-2030, with a vision towards 2050 (Power Development Plan VIII).
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha urges the urgent completion of updates and supplements to the Power Development Plan VIII. Photo: VGP
Minister of Industry and Trade, Nguyen Hong Dien, shared that many solar power projects proposed by localities have not been included in the plan as they are part of the 154 solar power projects mentioned in the conclusion of the Government Inspectorate, which have been transferred to investigative agencies. This is due to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s approval of supplements and recommendations to the Prime Minister for approval of supplements without a legal basis in terms of planning.
Therefore, the inclusion of these projects will be considered after the investigative agencies’ conclusions are available.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has worked with the Government Inspectorate to review power projects that have not been included in the plan due to the need to rectify violations related to land, investment procedures, planning, and other issues as per inspection conclusions or those under inspection and investigation.
Deputy Chief Government Inspector Le Sy Bay emphasized the need for localities to coordinate closely with specialized management ministries to adjust and rectify the issues pointed out in the inspection conclusions.
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha emphasized the principle of including in the Power Development Plan VIII only those power projects that are free from violations or have completed rectifying any violations, and meet criteria for system safety, transmission technology, and economic efficiency. This will prevent the waste of investment resources of enterprises and meet the development requirements of localities.
For projects that have fully addressed the contents of inspection, examination, investigation, audit conclusions, and court rulings (if any), the localities should promptly submit official reports to continue updating them in the plan.
Regarding the 154 solar power projects approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and recommended to the Prime Minister for approval without a legal basis in terms of planning, the Deputy Prime Minister requested that localities and enterprises closely coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and investigative agencies to review, categorize, explain, and promptly resolve the issues.
Additionally, the report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade indicated that all power projects proposed by localities have been reviewed and meet the set criteria for inclusion in the draft Decision approving the updates and supplements to the Power Development Plan VIII.
Specifically, 110 wind power projects with a total capacity of 6,665.3 MW, 128 small hydropower projects/1,362.98 MW, 21 biomass power projects/414 MW, and 34 waste-to-energy projects/621.1 MW have been added to the plan.
Regarding the proposed small hydropower, biomass, and waste-to-energy projects, the Deputy Prime Minister clarified that these are baseload power sources, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade will review and soon include them in the plan.
The Deputy Prime Minister also provided opinions on the proposals of some localities regarding the conversion of some coal-fired power projects to gas-fired power, the relocation of coal-fired power plants, the increase in capacity for some hydropower plants, the adjustment of allocation indicators for rooftop solar power, and the handling of wind power projects overlapping with areas planned for mineral exploration and exploitation.
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Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha inspects and accelerates the progress of two key infrastructure projects, strategic in nature.
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Developing Social Welfare: Allowing businesses to use land-based assets as collateral for credit borrowing.
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Parliamentary pilot project for commercial housing through agreement
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