Waves Group are pleased to have provided Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services for the construction of the Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm project – our third offshore wind contract win in Vietnam. The project nearshore construction is now complete and will be commissioned in the first quarter of the year. Our scope of work included […]
Vietnam Will Cut Excess PV Generation While Raising Share of Offshore Wind in Its Energy Mix – EQ Mag Pro
Vietnamese and Southeast Asian news outlets have reported that on February 26, the Government Office of Vietnam issued a communiqué from Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh stating that the country’s Eighth Power Plan (a.k.a. Power Development Master Plan VIII for 2021-2030) will undergo further adjustments. Specifically, the government now wants to reduce excess PV […]
SK Ecoplant & Nami Solar To Invest $200 Million For Industrial Rooftop Solar In Vietnam – EQ Mag Pro
SK Ecoplant and Nami Solar have joined hands to develop 250 MW rooftop solar capacity in Vietnam They plan to invest $200 million over the next 4 years, targeting industrial segment To start with, 65 MW is planned to be developed for Sonadezi Industrial Complex in Dong Nai province Vietnamese renewable energy company SK Ecoplant […]
No Solar & Wind Energy For Vietnam In 2022 Due To Grid Constraints: Media – EQ Mag Pro
Vietnam’s NLDC has decided against approving any solar or wind energy facilities in 2022 Grid constraint is cited as the reason for this as the country struggles to accommodate the existing high amount of renewables added in recent years Stabilizing the power system in real time with renewables is turning out to be a challenge […]
Vietnam firm launches $220 mln offshore wind farm amid renewables drive – EQ Mag Pro
Vietnam’s leading renewables firm Trung Nam Group has launched its first offshore wind farm amid the Southeast Asian country’s drive for clean energy, the company said on Monday. The 5 trillion dong ($220.17 million) farm in the southern province of Tra Vinh has 25 turbines with installed capacity of 100 megawatts, the company said in […]
Vietnam car maker VinFast to build U.S. battery factory as it goes all-electric – EQ Mag Pro
VinFast to cease gasoline-powered car production by end-2022 Potential U.S. plant sites narrowed down to ‘about 3’ – VinFast Global CEO Starting price for a VinFast car at $41,000 VinFast to establish EV plant in Germany SAN FRANCISCO : Vietnam’s VinFast plans to build electric vehicle battery cells and packs in a new U.S. manufacturing […]
Vietnam car company Vingroup starts work on $174 mln EV battery plant – EQ Mag Pro
Vingroup (VIC.HM), Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, announced on Sunday that it has begun construction on a $174 million battery cell plant for its VinFast electric vehicle division, allowing the company to control its whole battery supply chain. When its gasoline-powered cars bearing its own badge reached the streets in 2019, VinFast became the country’s first fully […]
Vietnam Spurns Coal as Southeast Asia Aims to Kick Dirty Habit – EQ Mag Pro
Vietnam made a surprise commitment at the COP26 climate summit to stop building new coal power plants, as Southeast Asian nations once seen as growth markets for the fuel start to turn their backs on it. Vietnam was a full signatory to a U.K.-backed pledge at the conference calling for countries to stop permitting and […]
Vingroup to build $387 mln battery cell plant in central Vietnam
Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate Vingroup will start construction on a $387 million battery cell plant for its auto arm VinFast electric vehicles (EVs) in central province of Ha Tinh this year, local authorities said on Wednesday. The plant, which has a capacity of 5 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year, will be on a 31.1-acre (12.6 hectare) […]
JinkoSolar’s New 7 GW Ingot/Wafer Facility in Vietnam to Strengthen the Sustainability of its Global Supply Chain by 2022 – EQ Mag Pro
JACKSONVILLE, Fla : JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world, today announced that the Company is investing $500 million to build a monocrystalline ingot and wafer manufacturing facility in Quảng Ninh Province, Vietnam. JinkoSolar has begun to work on […]