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The Vietnamese have been expanding wind and solar power generation, but transmission is a serious problem. Vietnam's grid is congested and has poor connectivity

by atdt 3y ago

The Vietnamese have been expanding wind and solar power generation, but transmission is a serious problem. Vietnam's grid is congested and has poor connectivity with neighboring countries, which limits their ability to integrate renewables into their power grid.[1] This is something the international community can and should help with. [1]: https://www.iucn.org/news/viet-nam/202205/grid-integration-renewables https://www.iucn.org/news/viet-nam/202205/grid-integration-r...

blooalien 3y ago
> "This is something the international community can and should help with." I agree. As it's an issue that affects all of humanity, every human everywhere who can contribute to solutions of all kinds in some positive way should be willing to do so, and those who can't contribute in a positive way should just get the hell outta the way and stop interfering with those who can and will. I never understood how any human could bring themselves to fight back against changes that benefit literally everyone (including themselves), yet that's exactly what we've had ever since "climate change" became a political issue more than an existential issue for most people. It's also something the fossil fuels companies who are the primary source of the problem should be forced to help with, since they've profited so greatly from their lies and actions, and since they've made it crystal clear they won't willingly do anything to even start to clean up the mess they've made. They should be required to invest some (rather large) percentage of their ill-gotten profits directly into sustainable energy technology transition. I'd even be entirely fine with them earning some share of profit back off those new sustainable technologies if the investments they made were large enough to really move things along hella quicker'n they're currently going.
m3kw9 3y ago
They help if you got $$$ and good for international politics
dirtyid 3y ago
Vietnam reluctant to link power to regional infra integration because it means linking to PRC controlled Lao's Mekong hydropower that PRC setup as "battery" of region. Not much to do but double down on indigenous renewables and imported coal or cede control to PRC influenced power grids.
refurb 3y ago
The international community helps a lot in Vietnam. Japan and Korea experts are plentiful. But you can have all the experts you want but if you struggle with getting quality labor, corruption, inefficient courts to arbitrate disputes, nothing much gets done. It’s like the new international airport being built for Ho Chi Minh City. Land disputes delayed things for years. Then PM got involved so work started. Then all the foreign contractors pulled out because the timelines and budgets were just not within the realm of feasible.
ZeroGravitas 3y ago
This is the opposite of the "it doesn't matter what my western country does" meme about climate change. This singular country is starting to bear the impacts of climate change, and while renewables and smarter grids and EVs etc. are a good idea for various reasons, there is absolutely nothing that this single country can do alone that will have any significant impact on climate change. Everyone needs to change their ways (and they are, just slower than would have been sensible for various reasons).

by atdt 3y ago

blooalien 3y ago

> "This is something the international community can and should help with." I agree. As it's an issue that affects all of humanity, every human everywhere who can contribute to solutions of all kinds in some positive way should be willing to do so, and those who can't contribute in a positive way should just get the hell outta the way and stop interfering with those who can and will. I never understood how any human could bring themselves to fight back against changes that benefit literally everyone (including themselves), yet that's exactly what we've had ever since "climate change" became a political issue more than an existential issue for most people. It's also something the fossil fuels companies who are the primary source of the problem should be forced to help with, since they've profited so greatly from their lies and actions, and since they've made it crystal clear they won't willingly do anything to even start to clean up the mess they've made. They should be required to invest some (rather large) percentage of their ill-gotten profits directly into sustainable energy technology transition. I'd even be entirely fine with them earning some share of profit back off those new sustainable technologies if the investments they made were large enough to really move things along hella quicker'n they're currently going.

m3kw9 3y ago

They help if you got $$$ and good for international politics

dirtyid 3y ago

Vietnam reluctant to link power to regional infra integration because it means linking to PRC controlled Lao's Mekong hydropower that PRC setup as "battery" of region. Not much to do but double down on indigenous renewables and imported coal or cede control to PRC influenced power grids.

refurb 3y ago

The international community helps a lot in Vietnam. Japan and Korea experts are plentiful. But you can have all the experts you want but if you struggle with getting quality labor, corruption, inefficient courts to arbitrate disputes, nothing much gets done. It’s like the new international airport being built for Ho Chi Minh City. Land disputes delayed things for years. Then PM got involved so work started. Then all the foreign contractors pulled out because the timelines and budgets were just not within the realm of feasible.

ZeroGravitas 3y ago

This is the opposite of the "it doesn't matter what my western country does" meme about climate change. This singular country is starting to bear the impacts of climate change, and while renewables and smarter grids and EVs etc. are a good idea for various reasons, there is absolutely nothing that this single country can do alone that will have any significant impact on climate change. Everyone needs to change their ways (and they are, just slower than would have been sensible for various reasons).