Together for a better energy future

The “Student Forum – SF” provides lecturers with numerous opportunities to encounter novel concepts, broaden their professional connections, and enhance their expertise. Having a thriving scientific research environment also assists universities in attracting more students and broadening their training programmes. As a result of collaborating with GIZ to organise a student forum, Hanoi University of Science and Technology is now more motivated to enhance the curriculum so that students enter the renewable energy revolution in the country having acquired all pertinent knowledge and skills.

GIZ has offered great support to our company as well as other members of Binh Thuan Wind and Solar Energy Association. Firstly, GIZ provided support for training and capacity building of key staff. Secondly, they support to establish policy framework and to measure poteantial of wind energy across Viet Nam. Thirdly, GIZ published many handbooks and guidelines to help investors rapidly implement their projects. From a country with zero renewable energy, Viet Nam has become a front-runner in the region.

We highly appreciate GIZ’s help especially in the preparation of the training courses. Everything was carefully prepared. The lecturers were experienced; the trainings were really practical and provided valuable information to our staff. We were able to implement the knowledge in our everyday work.

When our company participated in the SEEG program of GIZ/ESP, the first benefit we got is the change in the perception of the factory’s management board about the application and search for opportunities of energy efficiency at the company. Thereby, firstly, we can improve production costs, secondly, arouse the factory’s efforts in the matter of participation and commitment in long-term sustainable development projects, and thirdly, raise all employees’ awareness of the economical use of energy while working at the company.

Hau Giang has participated in activities of BEM/GIZ. This project will bring many benefits. The first one is that we can utilize byproducts as input materials for biomass power development. The other one is to increase local people’s income, and contribute to ensuring the energy transition and reducing greenhouse gas emissions as committed by the Government.

For us, the cooperation with BEM/GIZ has been a great help in all the planning, technical and financial aspects to create RING project and make it viable and bankable. GIZ supported us since the incubation phase so from the very beginning of the project but now is also acting as an advisor, as an expert to help us progress and roll out this project.

The ‘Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Guidelines for a Biomass Power Project in Viet Nam’ (ESIA) issued by BEM/GIZ is a useful handbook for investors to develop biomass projects and for experts and financial institutions to manage and implement investments in such projects.

We committed to completely end the use of coal and switch to biomass by 2025. Based on the commitment, Decathlon has worked BEM/GIZ and other stakeholders to support factories in identifying technical obstacles when they convert to biomass energy.