(VEN) - Vietnam won an Energy Globe Award 2012 from experts representing the United Nations, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), World Bank (WB), European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Seibersdorf Research Center, for its project on hybrid power system to supply power for Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands and the DK1 marine defense platform in the East Sea. This national major project has been developed by the High Command of Navy and funded by the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), with Solar BK importing, installing and operating equipment, training technicians and transferring technology. … [Read more...] about Truong Sa (Spratly) Light Project wins Energy Globe Award 2012
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Vietnam protests Taiwan’s moves in Spratly
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs's National Border Committee on Wednesday condemned Taiwan's plan to extend a runway on Ba Binh Island in the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, which is sovereign Vietnamese territory. On July 15 Taiwanese newspaper Liberty Times reported that Taiwan was considering extending the runway on Ba Binh, the largest island in Truong Sa and some 860 miles from Taiwan, by 500 meters. It is also the only island where fresh water is available. The same day Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) reported that 12 students at Tainan-based National Cheng Kung University and three professors wrapped up a week-long trip to Ba Binh. The trip was meant to help the students gain a better understanding of the country's East Sea policies, defense efforts, and issues such as ecological protection, CNA quoted the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense as saying. The purpose of the trip was also to "assert [Taiwan's] sovereignty" over the region, the ministry said. RELATED … [Read more...] about Vietnam protests Taiwan’s moves in Spratly
Vietnam wins int’l energy award with eco-power supply in Spratly Islands
Vietnam has for the third time received the Energy Globe Award for a clean energy and lighting project on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands off the south central coast. The project, called "Wind- and Solar Energy instead of Smelly Diesel Generators," aims to provide 48 remote islands in the East Sea archipelago with "eco power", news website VietNamNet said in a Wednesday report. The energy supply system based on wind and solar power was built in 10 months under adverse weather conditions. So far, more than 5,700 solar power panels, 120 wind turbines, 4,000 batteries and nearly 1,000 LED lights using solar power, have been installed on the islands, the news website said. Nguyen Tuan Duong, a graduate of the Technical University of Ho Chi Minh City who studied electrical engineering at Sherbrooke University in Canada, came up with the project that he hoped would end the bad power supply situation in the Spratly Islands, which has so far relied on diesel generators, according to the … [Read more...] about Vietnam wins int’l energy award with eco-power supply in Spratly Islands
Vietnam objects to Taiwan’s claim over Spratly island
Vietnam's Foreign Ministry has spoken out against a recent trip by Taiwanese officials to the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago, during which they made a sovereignty claim over an island there. Foreign ministry spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi was speaking at a ministry conference in response to recent reports about the visit to and Taiwan's claims over Ba Binh (Itu Aba) Island. “It was a violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa, and the move has intensified and complicated the East Sea situation. Vietnam demands that Taiwan stop such wrongful acts,” Nghi said. Asked about recent reports that China has put into operation an oil rig in the East Sea in an effort to strengthen its oil and gas activities there, Nghi said countries’ activities in the East Sea need to be in accordance with international laws, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, as well as the 2002 Conduct of Parties in the East Sea. Also at the conference, … [Read more...] about Vietnam objects to Taiwan’s claim over Spratly island