{"id":91521,"date":"2022-11-11T11:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T11:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/?p=91521"},"modified":"2022-11-28T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T12:21:21","slug":"vietnams-draft-power-plan-favours-coal-but-who-will-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/vietnams-draft-power-plan-favours-coal-but-who-will-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam\u2019s draft power plan favours coal, but who will pay?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In late August, a new coal power plant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gem.wiki\/Nghi_Son_power_station#Financing_for_Nghi_S.C6.A1n-1\">Nghi Son 2<\/a>, was inaugurated in Vietnam. At the ceremony, the project\u2019s director <a href=\"https:\/\/baochinhphu.vn\/khanh-thanh-nha-may-nhiet-dien-28-ty-usd-cong-nghe-tien-tien-nhat-hien-nay-102220828182902496.htm\">claimed<\/a> the 1.2-gigawatt (GW) plant would run \u201ca green operation\u201d and help the country realise its commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. He did not explain how a coal plant, albeit one utilising more efficient supercritical technology, was aligned with reducing Vietnam\u2019s emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam is at a crossroads. At the UN climate talks in Glasgow last year, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced the 2050 net-zero target, but the country is expected to make an additional 2.4 GW of coal capacity operational by the end of this year and has about 14 GW in the pipeline to 2030. If the <a href=\"https:\/\/kinhtedothi.vn\/khong-dua-6-800mw-nhiet-dien-than-vao-can-doi-trong-quy-hoach.html\">latest draft<\/a> of Vietnam\u2019s eighth power development plan (PDP8) is approved, it will put the country in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1W-gobEQugqTR_PP0iczJCrdaR-vYkJ0DzztSsCJXuKw\/edit?usp=sharing\">top five<\/a> for largest coal fleet in development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"74752\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>In the latest draft plan, the current coal-heavy energy pathway is called the \u201cbalanced\u201d option. An earlier version of the PDP8, published in March, included a second pathway called \u201ca strong transition to renewable energy\u201d. The second pathway in the March draft would have capped coal power at around 30 GW, up from about 25 GW now, and resulted in no more coal projects after 2026. However, the most recent drafts of the plan have dropped the transition pathway altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That transition pathway would have aligned Vietnam with its net zero commitment, but an <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Wz9njxVS3XsDgdDSXIGe1IeUnJWx40lS\/view?usp=sharing\">internal report<\/a> from the prime minister\u2019s office released shortly after the March draft shows that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is discouraging renewables, in part because of legal ramifications if incipient coal projects were cancelled and because it would require the abandonment of \u201c9,450 MW of nine coal-fired power projects that have been deployed and prepared for investment, or have BOT [build\u2013operate\u2013transfer] contracts\/agreements signed but face funding difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PDP8 has been delayed and revised five times in just two years. The MoIT has been instructed by the prime minister\u2019s office to revise the solar capacity targets and clarify potential legal issues with regard to terminating coal power projects. The office\u2019s internal report does not specify which projects may face legal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-coal-projects-that-don-t-add-up\">Coal projects that don\u2019t add up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Flora Champenois, a project manager at the NGO Global Energy Monitor, has attempted to work out the coal capacity numbers and decipher the MoIT\u2019s thinking. \u201cWe\u2019re not able to make any combination of nine [plants] that add up to 9,450 MW. There are nine that add up to 9,460 MW, which is obviously close but not a match,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the projects identified by Champenois, only one has a public record of a legal case: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gem.wiki\/Long_Phu_Power_Centre#Long_Ph.C3.BA-1\">Long Phu 1<\/a>. In 2013, Power Machines, a Russian contractor, signed a contract to build the plant with Vietnam\u2019s oil and gas conglomerate PetroVietnam (PVN). In 2018, a third of the way to completion, Power Machines could not continue because the US put them on an embargoed list of Russian companies, making it impossible for them to procure equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PVN did not accept the US\u2019s sanction as force majeure, and in 2019 Power Machines took PVN to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. The Russian contractor wanted to withdraw from the contract with no losses and receive compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is unclear how the lawsuit has played out. Tien Phong News <a href=\"https:\/\/tienphongnews.com\/russian-contractor-seeks-to-withdraw-from-billion-dollar-power-project-in-vietnam-268721.html\">reported<\/a> earlier this year that Long Phu\u2019s management board is pleading with PVN to terminate the contract with Power Machines. In the PDP8 draft, a negotiation with the contractor is still ongoing and Long Phu 1 is listed for completion in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI flinch a little from this argument of lawsuits because MoIT and the prime minister are well within their rights to say this is our grid, this is our country. So we get to decide what will be put on it,\u201d says Isabella Suarez, an analyst at think tank the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suarez called the possibility of lawsuits a \u201cdiversionary tactic\u201d, pointing out that this is an opportunity for signed contracts to be renegotiated and converted. Instead of scrambling to find funding for a technology that most countries are now spurning, Vietnam could find more resources and prioritise renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-china-factor\">The China factor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam\u2019s net zero commitment followed China\u2019s announcement a few months earlier that it would stop building <a href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/china-to-stop-building-new-coal-power-projects-overseas\/\">new coal projects abroad<\/a>. China is the biggest financier of coal power in Vietnam and also the last international one. It is financing the construction of two projects: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gem.wiki\/Thai_Binh_Power_Center\">Thai Binh 2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gem.wiki\/Van_Phong_power_station\">Van Phong 1<\/a>. According to the draft PDP8, Thai Binh 2 is expected to come online by the end of the year, while Van Phong 1 is scheduled for 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-cd-related-news alignright block--related-news loading\" data-post-id=\"88026\"><div class=\"block--related-news__image\"><\/div><div class=\"block--related-news__content\"><span class=\"block--related-news__heading\">Recommended<\/span><span class=\"block--related-news__title\"><\/span><\/div><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to a pledge made by Chinese President Xi Jinping in September 2021, Cecilia Springer, a senior researcher with the Global China Initiative at Boston University, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverybody is waiting to see how that short phrase \u2018not building new coal-fired power projects abroad\u2019 would be institutionalised into policy.\u201d The first major indication of a clear policy framework came in March this year, according to Springer. It took the form of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.brigc.net\/Media_Center\/Updates\/Green_Belt_and_Road\/202204\/t20220408_130595.html\">Opinions on Jointly Promoting Green Development of the Belt and Road<\/a>, a document jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and three government ministries. Beyond confirming the prohibition of new plants, the Opinions say \u201c\u2026prudently proceed with existing ones that are under construction\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-will-fund-coal\">Who will fund coal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2025 and beyond, the draft PDP8 plans a further 10 coal projects although half have not secured funding. Springer says they are unlikely to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWho will finance these plants if China walks away? Our research shows it may be domestic financiers or the private sector. It would certainly not come from public finance\u2026 many places have introduced restrictions,\u201d she said, referring to the unwillingness of states and private investors to back new overseas coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-pull-quote block--pull-quote\"><div class=\"block--pull-quote__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"block--pull-quote__quote\">President Xi\u2019s pledge wasn\u2019t just a ban on overseas coal, it was also an increase in investment in renewable energy. But there has to be demand from the host country.<\/blockquote><cite class=\"block--pull-quote__cite\"> Isabella Suarez, the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air<\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the plants that would have attracted Chinese finance are noted as \u201chard to secure capital\u201d in the latest PDP8 draft. These plants add up to 7 GW. The MoIT is <a href=\"https:\/\/kinhtedothi.vn\/khong-dua-6-800mw-nhiet-dien-than-vao-can-doi-trong-quy-hoach.html\">telling<\/a> project owners that if the coal plants are going ahead, they must present commitments by financiers in writing by the end of October. However, the MoIT also said that to avoid legal issues, the projects will still be listed in the PDP8 until any termination procedures are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think the Vietnamese government should be very cautious about how much coal they have in the pipeline. And if they can start cancelling projects already, it will free up so much anxiety and burden,\u201d Suarez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Xi\u2019s pledge wasn\u2019t just a ban on overseas coal, it was also an increase in investment in renewable energy. But there has to be demand from the host country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHost countries are immensely powerful; sovereignty is a big part of the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest draft of the national power development plan foresees major new coal power investment despite uncertainty over financing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3907,"featured_media":91536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[757],"tags":[520,547,580],"hashtags":[],"country":[20028207],"class_list":["post-91521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-coal","tag-fossil-fuels","tag-policy","country-vietnam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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