The Economist reports that Vietnam undergoes an unexpected surge in solar power. In 2017 solar power played almost no part in Vietnam’s energy mix so to speed the technology’s adoption, the government offered that year to pay suppliers a generous $0.09 for every kilowatt-hour produced by big solar farms. However, under the conditionthatthey started operations within the following two years. The Vietnam government expected some 850MW of capacity to be installed. Instead, by the end of 2019 the country found itself with 5 gigawatts.
Full article: Vietnam grapples with an unexpected surge in solar power (LINK)
Full article: Vietnam grapples with an unexpected surge in solar power (LINK)
This map is taken from Global Solar Atlas, available at: https://globalsolaratlas.info/downloads/vietnam
