Vietnam approves higher FIT for wind Fishermen working near Vietnams first wind farm, the 99.2MW Bac Lieu facility, in the southern province of the same name ANDREW LEE V ietnams government has signed off an increase to the countrys wind power feed-in tariff (FIT), in a bid to spur higher levels of development in one of the sectors most promising markets that remains largely untapped. The countrys Prime Minister approved an increase from the previous flat-rate FIT equivalent to $0.078/kWh to a new level of $0.085/kWh for onshore projects and $0.098/kWh for offshore wind, said the Vietnam office of legal firm Baker McKenzie in a note to clients. The new 20-year FIT is open to projects commencing commercial operations before 1 November 2021, it added. After that date, the Prime Minister has instructed the countrys Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) to study options for moving to an auction-based mechanism. The FIT level was seen as one of the obstacles preventing full lift-off of the wind power sector in Vietnam, which has just 189MW in place towards an official target of 800MW by 2020 and 7GW by 2030. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) earlier this year told Recharge it hopes the government will also look at shoring up the bankability of the PPAs on offer with state utility EVN, which lack, for example, guarantees regarding longevity of power offtake. Availability of grid connections is also a potential barrier, given the huge amount of solar power Vietnam is planning to bring on line. Despite this, wind industry players regularly put Vietnam on their list of key emerging markets, not least because of its excellent wind resources. GWEC chairman Morton Dyrholm told Recharge previously: If you look at the wind resource and market condition, Vietnam should be the first country in line after the US and Taiwan for offshore wind development. Enercon, the German onshore OEM, announced its debut in Vietnam earlier this month, with a deal to supply 77MW that it expects to be the start of further business in the country. In the offshore wind market, OEM MHI Vestas joined DNV GL and regional partners in an alliance that hopes to develop large-scale offshore wind projects off Vietnams southern coasts. Russian tower JV to supply 1.8GW of Fortum-Rusnano projects Photograph AFP/Getty ANDREW LEE Developer Rusnano has linked with steel group Severstal and Windar Renovables to produce towers for the 1.8GW Russian project pipeline for which Vestas is lined up to supply turbines. Spanish tower specialist Windar will be the 51% major shareholder in WRS Bashni, a joint venture set up by the trio. Russian partners Rusnano and Severstal will hold 24.5% each, said a statement announcing its formation. The JV will invest an initial 750m roubles ($10.9m) to get WRS Bashni up and running, producing steel towers up to 120 metres tall from a factory in the Rostov region. WRS Bashnis first key customer will be the separate partnership between Rusnano and Finnish energy group Fortum, which, with 1.8GW, has proved the big early winner in Russias initial spate of wind tenders. Vestas has already been named preferred supplier to the Rusnano-Fortum pipeline, and opened a nacelle line in Nizhny Novgorod earlier this year, while a blade plant is due to start production in early 2019. The JV partners expect the tower operation to expand to an output capacity of 300MW within two years, and hope it will account for up to half of the total annual Russian wind market. 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