据烃加工新闻10月14日消息称，越南中南集团已经启动了一个450兆瓦的太阳能发电厂，这是这个东南亚国家最大的太阳能发电厂，越南正寻求提高可再生能源的比例，同时减少其电力结构对煤炭的依赖。
这家私营公司在一份声明中说，这个14万亿越南盾(6.04亿美元)的太阳能发电厂位于中部沿海省份宁顺，通过一条17公里(10.6英里)的输电线路连接到该国国家电网，这条线路也是由中南建造的。
面对迫在眉睫的电力短缺，越南正在开发可再生能源，以及液化天然气发电和煤基项目，因为水力发电几乎已被充分利用，而石油和天然气产量已达到顶峰。修建核电站的计划在2016年被取消。
越南计划到2030年将太阳能和风能在其电力结构中的比重提高到15%-20%，到2045年将其比重从目前的10%提高到25%-30%。
该公司表示，这个太阳能发电厂，连同它的其他太阳能和风能发电项目，将有助于缓解该国迫在眉睫的电力短缺，并使电力来源多样化。
中南首席执行官Nguyen Tam Tien表示:“越南的太阳能和风能潜力巨大，该国正处于快速有效开发这一潜力的正确轨道上。”
中南表示，该公司也在考虑开发液化天然气发电项目，并指出，公司将首先在宁顺建设一个终端，以便为该地区未来的发电厂提供液化天然气进口便利。
越南还在建设一批液化天然气发电厂，首批电厂将于2023年投入使用。这一雄心勃勃的举措可能会使液化天然气成为该国的主要能源来源。
曹海斌 摘译自 烃加工新闻
原文如下：
Vietnam firm launches country's largest solar farm amid renewables drive
Vietnam’s Trung Nam Group has launched a 450-megawatt solar farm, the largest of its kind in the Southeast Asian country, which is seeking to boost the proportion of renewables while reducing dependence on coal in its power mix.
Located in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan, the 14 trillion dong ($604 million) solar farm is hooked up to the national grid via a 17 km (10.6 miles) transmission line, also built by Trung Nam, the private firm said in a statement.
Facing an imminent electricity shortage, Vietnam is developing renewables, along with LNG-to-power and coal-based projects, as hydropower has been almost fully tapped while oil and gas production has peaked. Plans to build nuclear power plants were scrapped in 2016.
Vietnam plans to raise the proportion of solar and wind energy in its power mix to 15%-20% by 2030 and to 25%-30% by 2045, from 10% currently.
The company said the solar farm, along with its other solar and wind power projects, will help ease the country’s imminent power shortage and diversify power sources.
“Vietnam’s solar and wind energy potential is immense and the country is on the right track to rapidly and effectively tap this potential,” Trung Nam chief executive officer Nguyen Tam Tien said.
Trung Nam said it was also looking to develop LNG-to-power projects, noting it will initially build a terminal in Ninh Thuan to facilitate the imports of liquefied natural gas for future power plants in the area.
Vietnam is also building a fleet of LNG-to-power plants, with the first to be operational by 2023, an ambitious move that could turn LNG into a major energy source for the country.
