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Coal is supplying Vietnam’s electricity demand, and
. . . per capita carbon emissions quintupled from 1990 to 2013.

According to the government's current national plan,
. . . electricity generated from coal will rise
. . . 5-fold between now and 2030, and
. . . GHG emissions will rise markedly.

But, the esteemed Goldman Environmental Prize, was awarded to
. . . 42-year-old clean energy champion Nguy Thi Khanh,
. . . the first Vietnamese recipient of this prestigious prize,
. . . International recognition was brought to both her and her cause.

The Goldman Prize press materials highlight
. . . Ms. Khanh's use of science-based arguments to show
. . . "how expensive and risky coal was as a primary source of fuel."
Recommendations stemming from reports she ,and GreenID produced,
. . . led to Vietnam revising its Power Development Plan (currently in effect), to include more than  
. . . 2X as much renewable energy capacity,
. . . as a proportion of total installed energy capacity in 2030 than originally planned
. . . (from 9.4% to 21%), and revising down its share of coal-fired capacity
. . . from 52% to 43%.

5-21-2018 Source:  Vietnam: 12% a year electricity growth