{"id":2702,"date":"2010-09-07T09:10:05","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T13:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:52:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:52:25","slug":"vietnam-tries-non-profit-solar-power-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/vietnam-tries-non-profit-solar-power-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam tries non-profit solar power generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For the 2.5 million Vietnamese who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have access to electricity, solar power may provide some hope.
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\nThree percent of Vietnam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s population live in very remote villages and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have access to the grid. But according to a report by industry newsletter Thin Film Today, the Hanoi government in May entered an agreement with Schneider Electric Vietnam to build a solar power station in Quang Binh, in the north of the country. The station will use concentrated photovoltaic to provide electric power.
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\nThe project was described as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153non-profit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and it \u00e2\u20ac\u0153aims to minimize the negative effect on the environment and promote the use of green, clean, sustainable energy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

It is a small-scale project with a 11kW capacity that will benefit 35 households. But it is part of a national drive to power those excluded by the grid.<\/p>\n

The Qaung Bihn project eventually will be compatible and connectable to the regular grid. It is part of the suggestively named Bip-Bop (Business, Innovation & People at the Base Of the Pyramid) program, a community-based scheme to bring sustainable electricity to rural areas across the globe. This will be the first Bip-Bop program in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Source: Thin Film Today<\/a>. To find out more about Bip-Bop, please visit their website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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