Vietnam targets 75 pct energy from renewables by 2045

A wind solar farm in central Quang Tri Province. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Tao

Vietnam plans to have renewables account for 75 percent of national power production capacity and 70 percent of actual production by 2045 under its COP 26 commitments.

The targets have been set as part of the country’s transition to clean energy after PM Pham Minh Chinh committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) last month.

Hoang Tien Dung, head of the Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority, also said at a Tuesday conference that Vietnam will make a shift from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy.

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