Ho Chi Minh City has many businesses and units that are qualified to participate in the direct electricity purchase and sale mechanism between renewable power generators and customers (DPPA), but so far no business has officially proposed.
Many businesses in Ho Chi Minh City meet the conditions to participate in the direct power purchase mechanism DPPA - Photo: NGOC HIEN
Speaking to Tuoi Tre Online , Mr. Bui Trung Kien - Deputy General Director of Ho Chi Minh City Electricity Corporation - said that there are many businesses that meet the conditions to participate in the direct electricity purchase and sale mechanism between renewable energy generators and customers (DPPA).
No business has officially proposed to buy renewable energy through DPPA
Ho Chi Minh City has a large number of electricity consumers, using at the threshold of 200,000kWh/month or more, which is 769 customers. These businesses can participate in DPPA and supply electricity through a separate connection line.
In addition, the city has 493 production customers with large electricity needs (using electricity from 200,000kWh/month or more) who can participate in DPPA through the national grid.
According to Mr. Kien, Samsung and Heineken are currently two businesses interested in DPPA, but up to now, the City Electricity has not received any official requests to participate in DPPA from customers.
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Dung - Head of Business Department of Vietnam Electricity Group - said that recently, the growth of electricity consumption in Vietnam has been very high, leading to the risk of imbalance in supply and demand, and power shortages at certain times. Therefore, energy policies such as direct electricity trading mechanism, rooftop solar power installation policy... will play an important role in balancing and providing enough electricity for production and consumption.
A Nike factory joins DPPA
Talking to Tuoi Tre Online , energy businesses in the Southern region said that for DPPA, the electricity buyers, including FDI enterprises and large enterprises in Vietnam, are still in the process of negotiating prices, many parties have only stopped at the stage of understanding the needs of the electricity buyers and the capacity supply capacity of the sellers.
Meanwhile, Ms. Vu Thi Huong Giang - Nike's foreign affairs director in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand - said that currently, a Nike supplier in Nam Dinh has successfully signed a contract to participate in direct renewable electricity trading under the DPPA mechanism.
According to Ms. Giang, this project will officially operate at the end of 2025, expected to provide an output of 580,000 kWh/year. It is expected that by 2028, up to 80% of the plant's electricity will be provided through the DPPA mechanism.
At the conference on implementing Government decrees related to the renewable energy sector recently held in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu - Deputy Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority (Ministry of Industry and Trade) - said that the Government has issued decrees No. 80, 115 and 135 to promote and attract investment in renewable energy development, contributing to achieving the goals of energy transition and sustainable development.
According to Mr. Vu, these policies will ensure electricity supply security, especially in the context of the energy transition taking place strongly globally and posing many potential risks of imbalance in electricity supply and demand in the following years.
Evaluating the direct electricity trading mechanism, Mr. Vu said that this is a new mechanism, which will change the current way of buying and selling electricity to a direct electricity trading method between the power generation unit and the electricity customer so that the buyer can proactively choose a green electricity supplier and indirectly support the customer to fulfill their commitments on green production.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-co-gan-800-don-vi-du-dieu-kien-mua-dien-tai-tao-qua-duong-day-rieng-20241127085353396.htm
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