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Electricity access and local value creation for the un-electrified population in Vietnam. Assessing the co-benefits of decarbonising the power sector

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Okunlola,  Ayodeji
IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam;

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Nagel,  Laura
IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam;

Thi Mai Dung,  Nguyen
External Organizations;

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Helgenberger,  Sebastian
IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam;

Thi Khanh,  Nguy
External Organizations;

Kovac,  Sarah
External Organizations;

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Electricity access and local value creation for the un-electrified population in Vietnam. Assessing the co-benefits of decarbonising the power sector. (2019): - IASS Study, Oktober 2019.
https://doi.org/10.2312/iass.2019.023


Cite as: https://publications.rifs-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_4875894
Abstract
Energy access is essential for economic and human development and is an important driver for the economic development of a country. Access to modern forms of energy, especially electricity, becomes even more important for the socio-economic development of rural areas (which lag behind urban areas in terms of infrastructure development). “Full electrification” to achieve social and economic development goals (and SDGs) in Vietnam requires 24/7 electricity access for every household, family, farming settlement and local enterprise, even in rural communities. To achieve this goal, the government of Vietnam has focused primarily on providing access by extending the centralised grid. Approximately 98 % of households in both urban and rural areas of the country have been electrified through this means, but electricity access to the remaining 2% of the population, predominantly located in regions with terrain unfavourable to grid expansion, has become a technoeconomic moot point. To this end, discussions have explored whether cost-effective, off-grid renewable energy (RE) alternatives could assist the electrification of these remaining populations and further drive the socioeconomic development of these population groups.