The workshop, which was held both face-to-face and online, was attended by representatives from the Electricity Regulatory Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Danish Energy Agency, the National Load Dispatch Center of Vietnam (A0), the National Load Dispatch Center of India, representatives from relevant ministries and agencies, local and international consulting firms, energy experts from universities and research institutions.

Currently, renewable energy is promoted strongly in developing countries to ensure the essential energy transition, limit global warming and foster sustainable development. Therefore, compliance of renewable energy plants with connectivity regulations is crucial for the smooth integration of renewables into the grid. The growing shares of renewable energy in nations' electricity grids require more focus on compliance verification during connections and throughout the plants' lifetime.

The workshop was held to facilitate the exchange of practices among local and international system operators and management agencies in operating the connectivity system in order to increase the efficiency of energy transition for Vietnam’s electricity system.

At the workshop, the representative from the National Load Dispatch Center of Vietnam (Vietnam Electricity) introduced briefly about the status of plant compliance in Vietnam, regulatory basis and instruments available to ensure compliance post-connection. Accordingly, renewable energy plants in Vietnam have met technical standards including: the reactive power adjustment ability, the voltage control mode, the primary frequency response, power generation according to the voltage range and the frequency range, AGC connection, power quality,...

Mr. Rahul Shukl, the National Load Dispatch Center of Indiasummarized the growth of renewable energy in India. He also shared main technical challenges during the clean energy transition in India.

He emphasized: “With the transition to a system with a high proportion of renewable energy, renewable energy plants need to be equipped with a series of essential reliability services such as the inertia, frequency and voltage, system recovery assistance, power fluctuation elimination, etc. to provide essential power grid services.”

The representative from the National Load Dispatch Center of India discussed online about main technical challenges during the clean energy transition in India.

As a country with rapid renewable energy growth in the world, the representative from the National Load Dispatch Center of India proposed some relevant solutions to develop renewable energy for Vietnam, in which focusing on updating regularly regulations and standards, power transmission planning, as well as proposals for building institutional capacity.

Also at the workshop, the representative from the South African National Electricity Company (Eskom) shared its perspective on legal regulations, goals, and the process of developing regulations on grid connection in the country. He also showed how to verify compliance with the grid connection regulations in the South African context, as well as the ability to overcome voltage faults and EMT model validation issues.

At the end of the workshop, the participants discussed together and shared about the difficulties and challenges in the process of energy balance and transition. The contents of the presentations and discussions at the Workshop will be compiled into a chapter in a report contributing to completing the Vietnam - Denmark Energy Partnership Cooperation Program for the period 2020 - 2025. The presentations and discussions' content will be consolidated into a chapter within a mini-report as a component of the ongoing Energy Partnership Programme between Viet Nam and Denmark 2020 – 2025.

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