Capacity of coal-fired power plants to drop in 2025
The capacity of coal-fired power plants in Vietnam will be reduced to 8,760 MW in 2025 and 6,340 in 2030 due to the sluggish implementation of several projects and the disagreement of some localities in coal-fired power plant development.
A corner of Vinh Tan thermal power plant (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The capacity ofcoal-fired power plants in Vietnam will be reduced to 8,760 MW in 2025 and6,340 in 2030 due to the sluggish implementation of several projects and thedisagreement of some localities in coal-fired power plant development.
In 2020, the production of coal-fueled electricitywill make up about 33.2 percent of the total, gas-fueled thermal electricity14.8 percent, hydropower 30.1 percent, and small hydropower and renewableenergy 20.3 percent.
By 2025, these figures will be respectively 37.1percent, 13.7 percent, 18.2 percent, and 25.5 percent.
The total output of solar and wind power in 2020and 2025 will be 12 billion kWh and 36 billion kWh, respectively./.
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A corner of Vinh Tan thermal power plant (Photo: VNA) 
