Speaking at a Thursday meeting, deputy head of the municipal Energy Management Department Nguyen Phuong Duy, said that the city currently has 14,210 rooftop solar systems with a total capacity of 358.30 MWp.

"We're building a plan to encourage the use of rooftop solar energy among local households with a target to have 50 percent of local houses installed with rooftop solar panels by 2030," Duy said. "We'll propose to the government and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to draft a decree to encourage the development of rooftop solar energy in the city.

In 2021, the municipal people’s committee approved the expansion of a pilot project to install rooftop solar panels in administrative agencies and public service units. This complied with government policy to develop clean and renewable energy.

About 1,800 buildings in the city are eligible for the project to create a total capacity of 160MWp.

Many state office buildings have finished setting up solar panels on their roofs, such as the city’s Department of Science and Technology with a capacity of 20kWp, the Department of Finance with a capacity of 20kWp, and the people’s committees of Phu Nhuan District with a capacity of 88kWp, District 12 with a capacity of 80kWp, District 10 with a capacity of 45kWp and District 4 with a capacity of 34.5kWp.

Statistics from a city electricity development planning project, show that during the dry season, the city experiences 300 hours of sunshine per month.

The figure for the rainy season is 150 hours a month. This shows the great potential of solar energy development, especially on rooftops.

According to the project to develop rooftop solar power during 2026-2030, the city will install solar panels to produce 1,505MWp, accounting for nearly 30 per cent of the potential for this energy type and satisfying 4.3 per cent of the city’s power demand.

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