The Electricity Vietnam’s Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) aims to raise rooftop solar power output to 48 MWp this year, said the company on June 18.

Electricity Vietnam’s Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) aims to raise rooftop solar
power output to 48 MWp this year, said the company on June 18 (Illustrative photo: VNA)

It is working to complete installation of solar power systems at its subsidiaries and transformer stations by June 30.

The company is carrying out a project on a 50 MWp central region’s solar power plant in the south central coastal province of Khanh Hoa. The first phase of the project was completed and connected to the national grid on June 14.

Meanwhile, EVNCPC’s rooftop solar power projects on Be Island of Ly Son island district in Quang Ngai central province and offices of EVNCPC subsidiaries have a combined capacity of 2.72 MWp. 

Capacity of home solar power systems in the region stands at 6.1 MWp, as currently 706 households in the region have had the system installed on their rooftops.