Ho Chi Minh City installed a solar power system at the headquarters of administrative agencies
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Roofs of administrative agencies and public service units in Ho Chi Minh City will be installed with solar power systems from budget capital.
This policy has just been approved by Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc according to the proposal of the Department of Industry and Trade, after working with relevant departments and units.
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This is considered consistent with the policy of developing clean and renewable energy sources of the Government and the city; Ensuring energy security and environmental protection, associated with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
To widely deploy, city leaders assigned the Department of Industry and Trade, Department of Science and Technology and Ho Chi Minh City Electricity Corporation to carefully evaluate the results of recent implementation such as: methods, implementation process, costs. Average investment costs, actual effectiveness, payback period of projects implemented from the budget as well as shortcomings and limitations.
The City People's Committee also requires relevant units to survey the current status, space, and actual conditions at each unit to propose policies, methods, roadmaps, and funding sources for implementation, ensuring effectiveness and efficiency. Feasibility.
Responding to VnExpress, Mr. Bui Trung Kien, Deputy General Director of Ho Chi Minh City Electricity Corporation (EVNHCMC) said that recently, some state headquarters agencies such as People's Committees of Districts 3, 4, 12, Phu Nhuan... have installed Install solar power system. "The positive effects of installing solar power systems are the same everywhere, whether it is a state agency, a home or a business, it has been proven extensively in the market," Mr. Kien said.
A representative of Ho Chi Minh City Electricity Corporation said that to deploy the installation of solar power systems at state agency headquarters, from now until the end of the year, units need to register to receive capital and standards from the city. Investment will be deployed in 2021 and following years. If capital is not allocated in time, it will be difficult to deploy immediately next year.
Investment costs for solar power systems vary from time to time, currently averaging about 15 million VND per kWp. “When implementing a specific project, you must evaluate the direction of the roof surface to receive the highest amount of sunlight. If the sun is favorable, it will take about 5-7 years to pay back the capital," Mr. Kien said.
According to the City Electricity Corporation, Ho Chi Minh City still has a lot of potential to develop rooftop solar power. Currently, the entire city has 11.031 solar power systems with a total capacity of 177,02 MWp. Projects are implemented with a separate electricity trading mechanism in the delivery and receipt directions of two-way electricity meters, priced at 1.943 VND/kWh (excluding value-added tax), equivalent to 8,38 UScents /kWh.
According to Vnexpress.net