Locals boycott thermal power projects as electricity shortages loomVietNamNet Bridge - The electricity outages that occurred in the dry season may return and become even more serious as provincial authorities do not want to build more thermal power plants in their localities. The biggest hindrance in developing power plants, according to Vuong, does not lie in the lack of capital, but in environmental problems. If the coal-fired power capacity increases by 2-4 times, the volume of ash and slag to be discharged would be even higher. According to Ma Khai Hien from Enerteam, the current electricity price is not high enough to encourage investors to build renewable power plants. RELATED NEWSCoal-fired power plants’ slag and ash cannot find outletsVietnam could generate all power via renewable energy by 2050: reportManh Hai

Source: VietNamNet News August 26, 2018 05:15 UTC