ບັນດາຜູ້ສະໜັບສະໜຸນຊາວຫວຽດນາມ ຕໍ່ພະລັງງານແສງຕາເວັນໄດ້ເລີ້ມໂຄງການ
“ເຮືອນສີຂຽວຫຼາຍລ້ານຫຼັງ” ທີ່ໄດ້ແນໃສ່ເສີມຂະຫຍາຍການໃຊ້ພະລັງງານຕາເວັນຢູ່
ໃນປະເທດ ແທນໃຫ້ການໃຊ້ຖ່ານຫີນ ແລະນ້ຳມັນຜະລິດຈາກຊາກພືດແລະສັດ.
ໂຄງການດັ່ງກ່າວກຳລັງດຳເນີນໂດຍແນວໂຮມເພື່ອປະຕິບັດງານດ້ານດິນຟ້າອາກາດ
ໃໝ່ຂອງຫວຽດນາມ ທີ່ໄດ້ສ້າງຕັ້ງຂຶ້ນໃນເດືອນສິງຫາຜ່ານມາ ໂດຍກຸ່ມ ບັນດາຜູ້ນຳ
ຈາກທຸລະກິດ, ນັກຄົ້ນຄວ້າ ແລະອົງການຈັດຕັ້ງລັດ ກຸ່ມນຶ່ງ ແລະໄດ້ອອກແບບເພື່ອໃຊ້
ການປະສົມປະສານກັນລະຫວ່າວການເຂົ້າເຖິງປະຊາຊົນ ແລະໂຄງການລິເລີ້ມດ້ານ
ການເງິນເພື່ອເອົາພະລັງານແສງຕາເວັນໄປສູ່ເຄຫາສະຖານນຶ່ງລ້ານຫລັງເພີ້ມອີກ.
ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າ ຄໍາວ່າ “ເຮືອນ” ມີຢູ່ໃນຊື່ໂຄງການນັ້ນ ແຕ່ມັນແນໃສ່ຜູ້ໃຊ້ໄຟຟ້າຂະໜາດ
ໜ້ອຍ ໂດຍສະເພາະບັນດາຜູ້ທີ່ບໍ່ສາມາດຈ່າຍຄ່າການຫັນປ່ຽນໄປໃຊ້ພະລັງງານໄຟຟ້າດ້ວຍຕົວເອງ ເຊັ່ນວ່າ ຟາມ, ບັນດາທຸລະກິດນ້ອຍ, ຫ້ອງການຕ່າງໆ ແລະຕຶກຂອງ
ສາທາລະນະ ເຊັ່ນບັນດາໂຮງໝໍ ແລະໂຮງຮຽນ.
ໂຄງການນີ້ຈະສຸມໃສ່ ພະລັງງານແສງຕາເວັນ ສອງຊະນິດ ຄື ແຜ່ນເກັບແສງ ຕາເວັນ
ທີ່ຕໍ່ໃສ່ກັບສາຍໄຟຟ້າ ແຫ່ງຊາດ ທີ່ສາມາດສະໜອງກະແສໄຟຟ້າໄດ້ຢ່າງກວ້າງຂວາງ
ແລະແຜ່ນເກັບແສງຕາເວັນທີ່ຜະລິດໄຟຟ້າໃຫ້ແຕ່ຕຶກທີ່ຕິດແຜ່ນເຫລົ່ານັ້ນເທົ່ານັ້ນ.
ຜູ້ສະໜັບສະໜຸນເລື້ອງນີ້ ຍັງຊັກຊວນໃຫ້ຊາວຫວຽດນາມໃຊ້ພະລັງງານແສງຕາເວັນ
ຫຼາຍຂຶ້ນນັບແຕ່ການໃຊ້ຈາກສໍໍາລັບເຕົາໄຟ ຈົນຕະຫລອດໝໍ້ຕົ້ມນ້ຳຮ້ອນ.
ໂຄງການດັ່ງກ່າວດໍາເນີນງານໂດຍນະວັດຕະກໍາ ແລະສູນກາງພັດທະນາສີຂຽວ ທີ່
ເປັນອົງການທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ຮ່າໂນ້ຍ ທີ່ສົ່ງເສີມການພັດທະນາແບບຍືນຍົງຢູ່ໃນຫວຽດນາມ
ແລະໃນຂົງເຂດແມ່ນ້ຳຂອງ. ໂຄງການດັ່ງກ່າວກຳລັງພິຈາລະນາວ່າ ຈະເສີມແຜ່ຂະ
ຫຍາຍເຮັດໃຫ້ຄົນຮູ້ຈັກ ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ພະລັງງານແສງຕາເວັນມີລາຄາບໍ່ແພງເພື່ອໃຫ້
ປະຊາຄົມທີ່ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບການບໍລິການສາມາດໃຊ້ມັນໄດ້. ເລີ້ມແຕ່ປີໜ້ານີ້ ສູນກາງດັ່ງກ່າວ
ຈະເລີ້ມໂຄງການທົດລອງສະໜອງໄຟຟ້າໃຫ້ແກ່ບັນດາຜູ້ບໍລິໂພກໃໝ່ຢູ່ທົ່ວຫວຽດນາມ,
ຮວມທັງຮາໂນ່ຍຢູ່ທາງເໜືອຂອງປະເທດ ແລະຫລາຍແຂວງ ລວມທັງແຂວງ ທົວ ທ້ຽນ,
ເຫວ້ ຢູ່ພາກກາງ, ດັກ ລັກ ຢູ່ເຂດ ພູ ທາງພາກກາງ, ແລະແຂວງອັນ ຊາງ ແລະເຫົ້າ
ຊາງ ຢູ່ທາງພາກໃຕ້ຂອງປະເທດ.
ອ່ານຂ່າວນີ້ເພີ້ມເປັນພາສາອັງກິດຢູ່ຂ້າງລຸ່ມນີ້
Vietnamese advocates of solar power have begun a "Million Green Homes" project, aimed at spreading the use of solar power in the country instead of coal and other fossil fuels.
The project is being undertaken by the new Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action, formed in August by a group of leaders from business, academia and public organizations, and is designed to use a combination of public outreach and financial initiatives to get solar power on an additional million buildings.
Despite the "homes" in the project name, it is aimed at any small electricity consumer, especially those that can't afford the cost of converting to solar power on their own, such as farms, small businesses, offices, and public buildings, such as hospitals and schools.
The project will focus on two types of solar power -- panels connected to the national power grid that can supply electricity broadly and panels that just generate electricity for the buildings to which they are attached.
Advocates are also encouraging Vietnamese to use more solar power for uses ranging from stoves to water heaters.
The project is being conducted led by the Green Innovation and Development Centre, a Hanoi-based organization that promotes sustainable development in Vietnam and the Mekong region. The project is now examining how to spread awareness and make solar power affordable to under-served communities. Starting next year, the center will start a pilot project for new solar power consumers all across Vietnam, including Hanoi in the north and several provinces, including Thua Thien-Hue in central Vietnam, Dak Lak in the central highlands, and An Giang and Hau Giang in the south. The project will identify households and other small consumers eligible for support and help them to install solar panels.
Environmentalists are pushing ahead with the effort, even though renewable energy discussions here have largely focused on government policies and corporate issues and foreign investors want to be paid more for their electricity before they invest in solar power.
"Climate change poses a real threat to the natural environment that supports all of humanity and the critical habitats that we work to protect," Van Ngoc Thinh, Vietnam country director of the World Wide Fund For Nature, one of the members of the coalition, said.
"I call on all committed leaders from across the private sector, universities, subnational governments, and civil society to join the VCCA to take climate action," he added.
Another environmental organization in the climate alliance, the Ho Chi Minh City-based Center of Hands-on Actions and Networking for Growth and Environment, or CHANGE, stressed in an email that "the urgency of forming the alliance and the specific actions the alliance can contribute to promoting the use of rooftop solar [photovoltaic cells] and other energy-saving and green solutions."
Much of that urgency comes from Vietnam's increasing use of coal for energy, even while it considers itself one of the countries most at threat from climate change. The World Wide Fund For Nature in Vietnam said the Southeast Asian country plans to increase the number of coal-fired power plants to 51 from 20 now by 2030, which would cause carbon dioxide emissions to increase even more than they already are expected to.
Even amid government policies favoring more coal-fired plants, the government has expressed support for new types of energy sources.
"Vietnam's government always encourages the development and effective use of renewable energy sources," Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at an event this summer.
