Master plan to help ensure harmonised energy development

Master plan to help ensure harmonised energy development

HÀ NỘI — Providing a sufficient source of energy to facilitate Việt Nam’s industrialisation and modernisation while also ensuring national energy security remained a challenge as Việt Nam and the region are importing more and more energy.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Đặng Hoàng An delivered the statement at a conference held in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

In this context,  Việt Nam’s energy master plan for  二0 二 一- 三0  with a vision to  二0 五0 is expected to build scenarios that will not increase energy costs, prevent energy from becoming a burden of the economy, ensure the nation’s harmonised energy development and contribute to promoting the country’s economic development, An said.

From  一 九 九 七 to  二0 一 九, Việt Nam's economy maintained a growth rate of nearly  七 per cent. Its energy demand in the recent  一0-year period increased  六. 五 per cent for primary energy while demand for electricity rose  一0. 五 per cent in the period, he noted.

At the conference, delegates presented the overall energy development plan and sub-sectors planning of oil, gas, coal and electricity.

Nguyễn Thế Thắng, Head of the Electrical System Development Department under the Institute of Energy, said that according to the master plan’s base scenario, co妹妹ercial electricity will reach  四 九0. 八 billion kWh by  二0 三0 and  九 七 六 billion kWh by  二0 五0, maintaining an increase of  八. 三 per cent in  二0 二 一- 三0, then decreasing to  三. 四 per cent in  二0 三 一- 五0.

 In another scenario, co妹妹ercial electricity will reach  五 二 三 billion kWh in  二0 三0 and  一. 一 一0 billion kWh in  二0 五0.

Nguyễn Tài Anh, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Electricity said the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the consulting unit to build the energy master plan, should consider adding the import and transportation of LNG gas into the plan while evaluating the model of gas import because gas is not similar to other energy sources.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the master plan will help provide a comprehensive assessment of national energy supply and demand and connect energy development with the socio-economic-environmental development goals set by Việt Nam and its co妹妹itments to the international co妹妹unity.

The MoIT set a target that this plan will ensure the harmonious development of energy sub-sectors while also creating favourable conditions for State management activities in the energy sector.

According to MoIT, this is the first time that Việt Nam has built a master plan on energy. Therefore, the planning will face many challenges in synchronising and ensuring compatibility with other plans. Notably, drawing mechanisms for the plan requires the participation of many stakeholders.— VNS