About 20 GW of power stations in Vietnam are coal-fired. In 2019 coal-fired power stations were generated almost 40% of Vietnams electricity and was about a quarter of the coal was imported.
Source: Initial query from Coal Tracker, updated with data from MOIT 2019 Report 58/BC-CBT, updated using press released, updated from PDP 7A
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- Announced: Projects that are in the planning decision of the government or companies but have not yet obtained a permit or permission for land use rights, coal supply rights...
- Pre-permit development: Projects have started to implement one of the following items: environmental licenses, land and water use rights, financial security, transmission contract guarantees, etc.
- Permitted: Projects that have been licensed for environmental licenses but have not yet begun to break ground.
- Construction: Projects are being built after the groundbreaking ceremony.
- Shelved: Projects do not have specific information on the project's progress but do not have enough information to declare the project cancelled.
- Operating: Projects with an official commercial operation date (COD).
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