DECISION

APPROVING VIETNAM’S ROOFTOP SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROMOTION PROGRAM DURING 2019 - 2025

MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 98/2017/NĐ-CP dated August 18, 2017 on functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 2068/QĐ-TTg dated November 25, 2015 approving Vietnam’s Strategy for Development of Renewable Energy by 2030 and the orientations towards 2050;

Pursuant to Decision No. 3816/QĐ-BCT dated October 02, 2017 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on functions, tasks, entitlements and organizational structure of Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority (EREA);

At the request of Director of EREA;

DECIDES:

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1. Name of the Program: Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Promotion Program during 2019 – 2025.

2. Objectives of the Program:

a) Overall objectives: Implement the national strategy for development of renewable energy through solutions for development of RSP market.

b) Specific objectives: By 2025, there will be 100 thousands of RSP systems (or equivalent to 1.000MWp) nationwide.

3. Components of the Program:

3.1. Develop and complete policies and regulations on assistance in development of RSP towards preparedness to convert under market conditions.

This component includes the following activities:

a) Evaluate the potential of RSP and its impact on the distribution grid.

b) Propose of policies and regulations on RSP promotion.

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This component includes the following activities:

a) Establish standards, regulations and guidance on equipment, installation, connection and operation of RSP systems;

b) Establish procedures for quality inspection of RSP equipment; improvement of capacity of inspecting units and specialized regulatory bodies.

3.3. Promotion of market conditions and pilot sponsorship program

This component includes the following activities:

a) Carry out study, analysis, survey of the market, determine the demand and roles of relevant parties (suppliers of goods and services, investors, project developers, rooftop owners, power buyer) and determine of target group, potential sources of financial and technical assistance.

b) Execute pilot sponsorship programs/projects for investment and technical assistance.

3.4. Rooftop Solar (RTS) certification program:

This component includes the following activities:

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b) Execute programs for training and issuance of RTS certificates for providers of equipment, consulting services and installing units that participate in the Program.

c) Develop and implementation of the plan for improvement of capacity of relevant universities and vocational schools.

3.5. Development of the management information system and promotion strategy.

This component includes the following activities:

a) Develop and maintain the online database about solar power and RSP in order to support management, planning, supervision, reporting and market development.

b) Develop strategy, design and execute programs for promotion and sharing of information about RPS (websites, television programs, conferences, talk shows, etc.).

c) Organize conferences and forums for discussion and exchange of experience and recommendation of policy development and propagation of development models.

Specific activities of the Program are provided in the Appendix.

4. Execution period: 2019 – 2025.

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- Integrate activities of the Program with technical assistance projects, projects funded by ODA grants and managerial activities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

- Financing sources of local governments: local government budgets and other mobilized sources.

- It is recommended to mobilize private financing sources to execute the Program.

6. Organizing the implementation:

a) EREA shall:

- Take charge and cooperate with relevant agencies, units, the People’s Committees of provinces and EVN in execute the Program.

- Establish a Program Coordinating Board that consists of heads of relevant units of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, heads of EVN and representatives of sponsors and presides over development of annual plans and execution of the Program. The Program Coordinating Board will receive assistance from a group of experts that are representatives of units, sponsors and independent experts. The costs of operation of the group of experts shall be covered by sponsors.

- Organize periodic, mid-term and terminal evaluation of the Program; enhance cooperation between the parties to ensure achievement of objectives of the Program.

- Submit periodic reports to the Minister of Industry and Trade on progress and proposed solutions for execution of the Program.

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- Cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade in researching and evaluating potential areas for RSP development in accordance with the planning for development of urban areas, industrial zones and economic zones.

- Provide a mechanism for encouraging RSP installation on administrative, commercial and office buildings.

- Cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and EVN in development and deployment of solar power and RSP management information system.

c) EVN shall:

- Deploy RSP assistance activities within its jurisdiction.

- Instruct electricity units to connect to RSP systems in a timely manner; ensure conformity and operational safety.

- Develop and deploy the solar power and RSP management information system nationwide.

Article 2. This Decision comes into force from the day on which it is signed.

Article 3. Chief of the Ministry Office, the Director of the Financial and Enterprise Innovation Department, Director of EREA, Director of Electricity Regulatory Authority, General Director of EVN and heads of relevant units are responsible for the implementation of this Decision./.

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PP MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER




Hoang Quoc Vuong

APPENDIX

COMPONENTS AND PRIMARY ACTIVITIES
(Enclosed with Decision No. 2023/QĐ-BCT dated July 05, 2019 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade approving Vietnam’s Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (RSP) Promotion Program during 2019 – 2025)

No.

Objectives and primary activities

2019-2021

2021-2025

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1

Development and completion of policies and regulations on assistance in development of RSP towards preparedness to convert under market conditions

1.1.

Evaluate RSP potential in major cities; Evaluation of RSP to distribution grids of certain major cities and populated areas

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Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), World Bank (WB), Europe Union (EU) and Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG)

1.2.

Propose promulgation of and/or amendments to Decision(s) and Circular(s) on feed-in tariff (FIT), technological solution, cooperation and preferential financial mechanism.

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MoIT, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), VEPG

1.3.

Propose RSP objectives by 2025 for the Program and integrating them into Master Diagram 8

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MoIT, WB, GIZ, USAID

1.4.

Organize seminars, conferences and forums to share knowledge and experience

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MoIT, VEPG

2.

Standards, inspection and testing

2.1

Establishing standards and providing technical guidance

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Cooperate with EVN and relevant parties in developing and proposing grid code for promulgating

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MoIT, EVN, GIZ

2.1.2

Review, develop and promulgate technical standards for RSP equipment, installation and operation thereof

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MoiT, EVN, GIZ in cooperation with relevant ministries and central authorities

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Provide instructions on operation of solar power and RSP systems (on low-voltage grid)

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MoIT, EVN, GIZ

2.1.4

Provide instructions on commercial and industrial RSP investment

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MoIT, GIZ

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Develop model RSP contracts

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MoIT, EVN, GIZ

2.1.6

Organize seminars and conferences to exchange knowledge and experience

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MoIT, VEPG, EU

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Inspection and testing program

2.2.1

Establish procedures for quality inspection of RSP equipment; inspection criteria; assign and propose inspecting units

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MoiT, VEPG, EU in cooperation with relevant ministries and central authorities

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Establish and experiment procedures for inspecting and labeling of solar panel efficiency within the framework of the Program

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MoiT, VEPG, EU in cooperation with relevant ministries and central authorities

2.2.3

Improve capacity of inspecting units and specialized regulatory bodies

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MoiT, VEPG, EU in cooperation with relevant ministries and central authorities

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Promotion of market conditions and pilot funding program

3.1

Study and analysis of market conditions

3.1.1

Study and analysis of market conditions include: determine the demand and roles of relevant parties, appropriate scale of RSP projects as the basis for determination of target group(s), potential sources of financial and technical assistance

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MoIT, WB, GIZ, USAID, EU, VEPG

3.1.2

Market survey (current developments of RSP systems, market for RSP devices/systems, providers of goods and services, investors, project developers, rooftop owners, buyers)

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MoIT, EVN, GIZ, USAID, EU, VEPG

3.2

Pilot sponsorship program

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3.2.1

Global Energy Transfer Feed in Tariff (GETFiT) Program 2017 – 2027 with a total power of up to 200 MW

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MoIT, EVN, KfW, EU, VEPG

3.2.2

Financial and technical assistance for counseling units, service providers and investors in RSP systems in the Program

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MoIT, VEPG, EU

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RTS certification program

4.1.

Evaluate capacity of parties; develop a plan for improvement of capacity which includes the following modules: counseling, installation, maintenance, business model

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MoIT, GIZ, VEPG

4.2.

Provide training; issue RTS certificates for organizations and individuals providing counseling and installation services

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MoIT, GIZ, EU

4.3.

Provide training; issue RTS certificates for monitoring, metering, efficiency calculation.

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MoIT, GIZ, EU

4.4.

Develop and implement the plan for improving capacity of specialized universities and vocational schools that train technicians (including assistance for lecturers, students, program and text book development for long-term and short-term courses).

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MoIT, VEPG, EU

4.6.

Organize training, seminars, conferences to exchange experience of technical matters and relevant topics to reduce financial risks

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MoIT, VEPG

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Management information and promotion strategy

5.1.

Develop and maintain an online database about solar power and RSP (power, locations, installation dates, developers, etc.) in order to support supervision and reporting; submit reports on Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), grid planning and market development.

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MoIT, EVN, EU, VEPG

5.2.

Develop and run the plan for promotion and sharing of information (websites, posters, videos, conferences, talk shows)

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MoIT, USAID, EU

5.3.

Design activities for different target groups (e.g. the public, medium and small enterprises; policy planners/concerned authorities)

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MoIT, USAID

5.4.

Organize conferences and forums to share experience and recommendations about policy planning and propagation

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MoIT, VEPG

5.5.

Organize annual RSP campaigns, talk shows, exhibitions in communities; utilize social networks to spread information about the Program

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MoIT, EU

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Organize implementation and evaluate impacts of the Program

6.1.

Establish a Program Coordinating Board

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MoIT

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MoIT, VEPG, EU

6.3.

Carry out periodic and terminal evaluations of the Program and provide proposals

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MoIT, VEPG, EU

6.4.

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MoIT, VEPG, EU

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