{"id":695,"date":"2025-06-25T10:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/?p=695"},"modified":"2025-06-26T02:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:23:42","slug":"government-approves-direct-sales-of-renewable-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/government-approves-direct-sales-of-renewable-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Government approves direct sales of renewable power"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"695\" class=\"elementor elementor-695\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a4c66c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a4c66c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-069dafd\" data-id=\"069dafd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f974f0f elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f974f0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"lead_post_detail row\">Rooftop solar and other renewable power can now be sold directly through private transmission lines without having to go through Vietnam Electricity as an intermediary.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fck_detail\"><p class=\"Normal\">Wind, biomass, micro-hydropower, geothermal, wave, and tidal energy plants are also included in the government\u2019s decree on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/e.vnexpress.net\/news\/business\/economy\/vietnam-commerce-and-industry-federation-urges-direct-renewable-energy-sales-4743044.html\" rel=\"dofollow\">direct power purchase agreement<\/a>\u00a0(DPPA)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>for renewable energy<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>issued Wednesday.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">Waste-to-energy plants are excluded since they are not officially categorized as a renewable source, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">There are no capacity limits on the direct sales, but producers must have a license to supply electricity or express waiver from this requirement, according to the decree.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">They also have the option to sell to the national grid, either through the spot electricity market or EVN.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">Solar and wind energy generators must have a capacity of at least 10MW to sign a supply deal.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">Buyers and sellers can negotiate their own terms and prices for the direct sales, and excess production can be sold to EVN at pre-determined prices.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">Buyers too can purchase electricity from EVN. They can also buy from non-EVN energy retailers.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">In all cases, buyers must be entities that use power for production and have a minimum monthly consumption of 200,000 kWh. A typical household uses a few hundred kilowatt-hours a month.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">An EVN survey found around 7,700 of its customers consume 200,000 kWh or more per month, accounting for 36.5% of total electricity consumption.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">In the country there are over 103,000 rooftop solar units with a total capacity of over 9,500 MW.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">It is expected to grow to around 12,000 MW by 2030.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ccba64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ccba64\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-839e0d7\" data-id=\"839e0d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bf890f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2bf890f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Solar-Energy--768x432.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Solar-Energy--768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Solar-Energy--300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Solar-Energy--1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Solar-Energy-.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Workers installing solar system in one factory in Vietnam<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96edc96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96edc96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"Normal\">They also have the option to sell to the national grid, either through the spot electricity market or EVN.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">Solar and wind energy generators must have a capacity of at least 10MW to sign a supply deal.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">Buyers and sellers can negotiate their own terms and prices for the direct sales, and excess production can be sold to EVN at pre-determined prices.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">Buyers too can purchase electricity from EVN. They can also buy from non-EVN energy retailers.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">In all cases, buyers must be entities that use power for production and have a minimum monthly consumption of 200,000 kWh. A typical household uses a few hundred kilowatt-hours a month.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">An EVN survey found around 7,700 of its customers consume 200,000 kWh or more per month, accounting for 36.5% of total electricity consumption.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">In the country there are over 103,000 rooftop solar units with a total capacity of over 9,500 MW.<\/p><p class=\"Normal\">It is expected to grow to around 12,000 MW by 2030.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rooftop solar and other renewable power can now be sold directly through private transmission lines without having to go through Vietnam Electricity as an intermediary. Wind, biomass, micro-hydropower, geothermal, wave, and tidal energy plants are also included in the government\u2019s decree on\u00a0direct power purchase agreement\u00a0(DPPA)\u00a0for renewable energy\u00a0issued Wednesday. Waste-to-energy plants are excluded since they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":718,"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions\/718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rienergy.vn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}