Not just for homes. The project name, it is aimed at any small electricity consumers, especially those that can’t afford the cost of converting to solar power on their own.
Category: Viet Nam
Drought, saltwater intrusion loom in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta plans to grow this year’s winter – spring rice crop early since drought and saltwater intrusion are forecast to be severe in the dry season starting at the end of this year.
Gibbons hold on in last remaining Vietnam stronghold
Community-led forest patrols—focusing in particular on gibbons—are helping to ensure that illegal logging, hunting and agricultural encroachment are kept to a minimum.
Groundwater pumping could ‘devastate’ river systems
Some farming techniques showed promise in reducing groundwater use, such as parts of the Mekong Delta in southeast Asia, where coconut palms are replacing water-intense rice fields in several pilot projects.
ADB finances first large-scale floating solar PV in Vietnam
The $37 million loan agreement will support a 47.5 megawatt peak floating photovoltaic solar power facility on the man-made reservoir at an existing 175 MW hydropower plant.
Coming to terms with clean air disappearing into thin air
These days, heavy smog has forced millions of people in Hanoi and HCMC to never hit the streets without masks on their faces, even if they are cheap ones that will never protect them from dust.