Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Chairman of Enterprize Energy Group Ian Hatton. (Photo: Duong Giang/TTXVN)
According to the special envoy of the Vietnam News Agency, on the occasion of attending the World Climate Action Summit within the framework of the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in the city Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on the morning of December 3 (local time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received leaders of Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partner (CIP) Group and leaders of Enteprize Group Energy Group (EE) of the UK.
At the meeting, Mr. Robert Helms, Member of the Board of Directors of CIP Group, said that CIP is one of the world’s leading offshore wind power developers (DGNK) and global fund managers headquartered in Denmark. Circuit.
Currently, CIP has developed and managed 50GW, equivalent to 28 billion USD in major markets such as the US, UK, Germany… and plans to invest more than 110 billion USD in the field of renewable energy. ) until 2030.
In Vietnam, CIP has established a joint venture company and 2 representative offices to research and develop GNK projects, including the 3.5GW La Gan GNK Project in Binh Thuan province with an estimated total investment of 10 million VND. .5 billion USD.
Mr. Ian Hatton, Chairman of EE Group, said that EE is a British multi-industry group operating in the field of marine natural resource exploitation and energy development.
In Vietnam, EE has cooperated with Societe Generale (France), Vestas (Denmark), ODE (UK) to develop the Thang Long Wind Complex in Binh Thuan province with 2 component projects to produce and export energy. amount of hydrogen from water electrolysis, total capacity of 2,000MW, total investment of 5 billion USD.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Mr. Robert Helms, Member of the Board of Directors of CIP Group and Chairman of Enterprize Energy Group Ian Hatton. (Photo: Duong Giang/TTXVN)
Sharing about the development situation of greenhouse gas and renewable energy development of corporations, leaders of CIP and EE groups requested the Vietnamese Government to direct sectors and localities to coordinate in promoting the group’s investment cooperation projects. ; At the same time, propose a number of projects that can be cooperated in the future; ready to join Vietnam in implementing the Resource Mobilization Plan in JETP and the plan to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the group’s effective business activities in recent times, including offshore wind power development projects in Vietnam; believes that CIP and EE have experience and capacity in the field of renewable energy, especially offshore wind power and new energy, which is very suitable for Vietnam’s policies and development potential in this field.
The Prime Minister said that since COP26 until now, Vietnam has comprehensively implemented many measures to implement its commitments such as: developing plans and organizing the implementation of the Strategy to respond to climate change, Green growth strategy, Power Plan VIII, developing the renewable energy industry, announcing the Implementation Plan and Resource Mobilization Plan for JETP implementation, building institutions in the direction of supporting energy development renewable energy…
According to the Prime Minister, Vietnam’s development strategy in the coming period focuses on promoting the completion of strategic infrastructure, green energy conversion, renewable energy, digital transformation…, towards reality. target carbon neutrality by 2050 and develop a green, sustainable economy.
The Prime Minister requested corporations to coordinate closely with ministries, branches, units and localities of Vietnam to effectively implement the Group’s projects in Vietnam; research, cooperate, seek investment opportunities, and participate more deeply in electricity and renewable energy projects in Vietnam, especially other specific investment projects in the group’s strong areas and Vietnam is prioritizing projects on power sources and power transmission, especially power transmission lines at sea…
Along with that, the Prime Minister hopes that corporations will continue to share experiences and support Vietnam in human resource training, improving mechanisms and policies, improving management capacity, research and technology application. to promote the development of renewable energy and energy conversion to ensure fairness, sustainability, inclusion, compliance with the law and people’s benefits.
The Prime Minister proposed that in the spirit of “harmonious benefits, shared risks,” CIP and EE coordinate with Vietnamese ministries and branches to carefully discuss issues related to ongoing projects so that both sides “win together.” ” such as electricity prices, direct electricity trading issues, handling outstanding issues and obstacles during the implementation of projects; Vietnam is committed to creating favorable conditions for foreign investors in general and CIP and EE in particular to invest effectively and long-term in Vietnam.
