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Nearshore and Offshore Wind Energy - Potential and Challenges in Vietnam

Authors:
Van Tho Nguyen

Keywords: Nearshore and offshore wind energy; wind power; Vietnam.

Abstract:
Energy demand for development is increasing worldwide, while fossil energy resources are gradually becoming exhausted, and their use has many negative environmental impacts. The exploitation of potential renewable sources to reduce dependence on fossil fuels is one of the key strategies for national development. Vietnam has a coastline of more than 3000 km, and has a marine area of more than 1 million km2, with many locations having average wind speeds exceeding 6m/s. The Vietnamese Government’s National Power Development Plan for the period from 2011 to 2020 with the outlook to 2030 provides for an increase in installed wind power capacity to around 1 GW by 2020 and to 6.2 GW by 2030. However, insufficient human resources trained in the field of wind power and high investment costs for equipment imported from abroad are among the biggest barriers to wind power development in Vietnam. This paper will discuss the potential and challenges of near and offshore wind energy in Vietnam

Pages: 64 to 67

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2021

Publication date: May 30, 2021

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-412X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-855-6

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from May 30, 2021 to June 3, 2021