Maximum local decentralization
At the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister stated that rooftop solar power is a renewable energy source that needs to be prioritized and encouraged for development; mobilize resources from organizations and individuals, and take advantage of the existing transmission network. Therefore, the Decree must overcome shortcomings and limitations, thereby identifying subjects, technical standards and having incentive mechanisms and policies for each subject, operating method (self-production, self-consumption, linking with the national power system, having electricity storage equipment, etc.); technological solutions to ensure safety and stability of the base power system when bringing rooftop solar power to the power system.
Meeting scene. Photo: Van Diep/VNA
Emphasizing the importance of rooftop solar power in contributing to ensuring energy security, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that this is an urgent issue and an important solution to mobilize social resources to implement the 8th Power Plan. Therefore, the mechanism and policies to encourage organizations and individuals to invest in rooftop solar power are consistent policies.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired the meeting. Photo: Van Diep/VNA
The Deputy Prime Minister stated that rooftop solar power, offshore wind power, biomass power, waste-to-energy power... (including projects exporting electricity without connecting to the national grid, producing green hydrogen, self-production, self-consumption...) are given priority for development under conditions that meet technology requirements, system safety, and reasonable prices. Developing rooftop solar power is an economical and efficient use option.
From a scientific, practical and legal basis, the Decree needs to clearly define the content, objectives and scope of the subjects, which are organizations and individuals installing rooftop solar power in the form of self-production, self-consumption, non-business and business; thereby providing incentive policies, safety regulations, fire prevention and fighting accordingly.
Specifically, for households, offices, office buildings... installing rooftop solar power for self-production, self-consumption, not for business purposes, standard documents must be developed, procedures must be simplified as much as possible, except for projects with special requirements on safety, fire prevention and fighting.
Businesses investing in rooftop solar power for use, and at the same time installing additional power storage equipment for business, need to calculate reasonable prices, financial support, interest rates... and encourage investment.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted the need to carefully calculate the scale of rooftop solar power development based on science and technology, technological equipment, transmission grid, economic efficiency; protect the long-term interests of investors; focus on environmental protection. The Ministry of Industry and Trade coordinates with ministries and branches to research, propose requirements, technical conditions, criteria for rooftop solar power sources that need to be more strictly controlled, financial policies related to rooftop solar power... in the spirit of maximum decentralization to localities.
Three policies to encourage rooftop solar power
According to the report of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, rooftop solar power is installed on the roofs of private houses, offices, industrial parks... for self-production and self-consumption; may or may not be linked to the national power system; not for business, not for sale of electricity to other organizations or individuals.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said that there are currently 3 policies to encourage rooftop solar power, including: Allowing installation without following the Power Plan VIII; rooftop solar power sources are linked and generate excess capacity to the national grid at a time-based price; supporting interest rates when investing in electricity storage equipment.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien speaks. Photo: Van Diep/VNA
At the meeting, Mr. Do Van Nam, member of the Board of Members of the Northern Power Corporation, said that currently, enterprises in industrial parks need to be encouraged in terms of procedures and policies on rooftop solar power. The proposed solution for industrial parks and clusters is to examine and determine the safety of existing works when installing additional rooftop solar power; issue a sample set of documents for new rooftop solar power installations; decentralize to localities and clearly stipulate the time for settlement...
Sharing the same view, Mr. Bui Quoc Hoan, Deputy General Director of Southern Power Corporation, said that it is necessary to encourage enterprises in industrial parks to install equipment to store unused rooftop solar power to convert it into clean baseload power, then send it to the grid during the evening peak at a suitable price.
Reporting on the capacity to ensure safety and stability of the national grid when increasing the capacity of renewable energy sources, a representative of the National Power System Dispatch Center said that the grid can be stable and safe when the amount of renewable energy accounts for 50% of the total load capacity. Accordingly, the ability of the grid in the North to ensure safety and stability when the capacity of rooftop solar power is at 5,000-7,000 MW, equivalent to the current assessment of rooftop solar power potential in the North.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha delivered a concluding speech at the meeting. Photo: Van Diep/VNA
Representatives of the leaders of ministries and branches also discussed solutions to reform and shorten administrative procedures on environment, construction, fire prevention and fighting... in licensing the installation of rooftop solar power; preferential interest rate support; criteria for determining base electricity generated from rooftop solar power storage; authority to grant green credits to businesses using rooftop solar power in production; technical standards and regulations to control and ensure safety when generating or not generating surplus electricity to the grid...
According to VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper
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