Economic potential of renewable energy in Vietnam's power sector
A bottom-up Integrated Resource Planning model is used to examine the economic potential of renewable energy in Vietnam's power sector. In a baseline scenario without renewables, coal provides 44% of electricity generated from 2010 to 2030. The use of renewables could reduce that figure to 39%, as well as decrease the sector's cumulative emission of CO2 by 8%, SO2 by 3%, and NOx by 4%. In addition, renewables could avoid installing 4.4GW in fossil fuel generating capacity, conserve domestic coal, decrease coal and gases imports, improving energy independence and security. Wind could become cost-competitive assuming high but plausible on fossil fuel prices, if the cost of the technology falls to 900 US$/kW.
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2009
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Authors: | Nguyen, Nhan T. ; Ha-Duong, Minh |
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Energy Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0301-4215. - Vol. 37.2009, 5, p. 1601-1613
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Integrated resource planning Renewable energy Electricity generation |
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