Vietnam: Revision and inclusion of solar power projects to power development planning

According to Circular No. 16/2017/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, if the solar power project has not included on the list of any of the approved planning such as:

- Provincial solar power development planning;

- National solar power development planning

- Provincial power development planning;

- National power development planning;

the Minister of Industry and Trade shall consider approving addition to planning of the project with a capacity of 50 MW or under; or submit such addition to the Prime Minister for approval of the project with a capacity of over 50 MW.

Procedures for adding the solar power project to the provincial or national solar power development planning shall be carried out in line with procedures for addition of the project to the provincial or national power development planning.

Apart from provisions of additional documents on provincial or national power planning, the following details shall be added:

- Solar radiation potential of the area where the project is located;

- Project description: Location, scale and construction area of the work and its items of the project; local power planning and construction planning;

- The importance of the project, advantages and disadvantages;

- Preliminary measures including: Technical, technological and capacity plans; technical connection plan; equipment installation plan; execution progress and how to manage the project; general plan for compensation for relocation and plan for technical infrastructure construction support (if any);

- The total investment of the project; ability to provide capital, sources of capital and provide capital according to the progress; assessment and analysis of efficiency and social effects of the project;

- General information about the investor: Documents on legal status, business registration certificate, key personnel, experience of project execution, financial and technological capacity together with the list of executed projects (including industrial projects and power projects) if any.

View details at Circular No. 16/2017/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, effective from October 26, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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