Mr. Toan Du – Leading Expert in Renewable Energy in Vietnam

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Principal Consultant

Principal Consultant

Vietnam Institute of Seas and Islands, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

BACKGROUND

Graduated at the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU), Petersburg, Russia, in 1991

Diploma, majoring in The Baltic sea environment at Baltic University Petersburg, Russia

Doctor of Oceanography, atRussian State Hydrometeorological University, Peterburg, Russia, 2001

Mr. Toan Du is one of the leading experts in the field of research and policy making in renewable energy sector in Vietnam, acted as one of the members of the Drafting Council for the Power Development Plan VIII, participating in the drafting many important draft laws of renewable energy sector, such as the Direct Power Purchase Mechanism (DDPA), the Law on Renewable Energy, the Mechanism for the deployment of rooftop solar power models…

EXPERIENCES:

Project name	Funding Institution	Project time	Position
Offshore wind national consultant to provide technical inputs and support to the international team leader for the formulation of a climate services PIF for GEF8 programming	UNDP	4/2023 – 6/2023	Consultant
Development project of offshore wind for Tra vinh province	Travinh People’s Committee/Dept. of Planning)	2021-2022	Consultant
Offshore wind roadmap for Viet Nam	WB/(BVG,Atkins UK)	2019-2020	National Consultant
Marine Spatial Planning for offshore wind energy development of South Marine Area of Ninh Thuan province	Ninh Thuan People’s Committee/Dept. of Constr.)	2019-2020	Senior Consultant
Wind energy assessment for offshore Thanglong windfarm of Binh Thuan province	Energy Enterprise company/PetroVietnam	2017- present	Consultant
Marine current energy analysis	MONRE	2019	Leader
Marine wave energy analysis	MONRE	2018	Leader
Marine offshore wind energy analysis	MONRE	2016-2017	Leader

RECENT PUBLISHES

1. Nguyen Thanh Nguyet, Du Van Toan, 2023. Determination of wind farm area space at vietnam’s sea by gis technology. Vietnam Environment Journal, 3/2023
2. Du Van Toan and at all, 2021. Potential Development of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine in Vietnam Offshore. Proceedings of the 2nd Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering, HCMC, 2021/Springer/Nature/Germany, Pp 252-258. (SCOPUS)
3. Du Van Toan and at all, 2019. Usability and challenges of offshore wind energy in Vietnam revealed by the regional climate model simulation. Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere. Meteorological Society of Japan, 2019 Volume 15 Pages 113-118.
4. Du Van Toan and at all, 2018. Numerical Approach for Studying Offshore Wind Power Potential Along the Southern Coast of Vietnam. Proceedings of the 1st Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering. Springer Nature Singapore. Pp 252-258. ISBN 978-981-13-2306-5
5. Du Van Toan and at all, 2018. The Zoning of Offshore Wind Energy Resources in the Vietnam Sea. Proceedings of the 1st Vietnam Symposium on Advances in Offshore Engineering. Springer Nature Singapore. Pp 246-251. ISBN 978-981-13-2306-5
6. Du Van Toan and at all, 2017. Potential wave energy in the world ocean and Vietnam Sea. Journal of Climate change science, Volume 2, 2017.
7. Du Van Toan and at all, 2017. Potential offshore wind energy in the Vietnam sea. Journal of Climate change science, Volume 2, 2017.
8. Du Van Toan, 2011. Marine renewable energy and development proposal for Viet Nam. Proceeding of the second Vietnam National Congress on Marine Energy. Ha Noi, November 16,
2011. –P.66-74. (In Vietnamese).
9. Du Van Toan and at all, 2007. Some feature of tidal plants in the coastal zone of Vietnam. Proceeding of The Fist Vietnam National Congress on Marine Energy. Ha Long, October 16, 2007. P.66-74. (In Vietnamese).
10. Du Van Toan, 2006. Astronomical tidal energy in the South China Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Technology. T.6. -Vol.2. -P. 1-14. (In Vietnamese).
11. Du Van Toan, 2005. Tidal Energy’s Structure in the East Vietnam Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Technology. T.5. -Vol.3. -P. 1-13. (In Vietnamese).
12. Du Van Toan, 2005. A 2-d hydro-dynamical model for tidal calculation for the East Vietnam Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Technology. T.5. -Vol.1. -P. 1-14. (In Vietnamese).
13. Du Van Toan, 2004. Tidal Energy of the East Vietnam Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Technology. T.4. -Vol.1. -P. 52-65. (In Vietnamese)