With his willingness to exert little effort in developing Da Nang into an environmentally-friendly city, a Da Nang man native, 36-year-old Duong Minh Quan has created a device to increasing the efficiency of solar battery systems.

Mr Quan (middle) and his colleagues discussing about their project

After graduating from the Da Nang University of Science and Technology with excellent results in learning, Quan became the university lecturer.

In March 2010, Quan studied at the Dongguk University in the South Korean capital of Seoul for a Master's degree and he then graduated two years later.

In January 2013, Quan was a postgraduate at the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy. Three years later, he graduated with a Doctorate degree in the Major of Electrical Engineering with excellent academic results at the age of only 32.

Mr Quan highlighted the significance of promoting the use of renewable energy sources, including solar energy, in the city in order to realising its goal of becoming an environmentally-friendly city in the future.

The Da Nang native man noted that Da Nang, and other central regional localities, boasted great potential for promoting the development of clean renewable energy sources, including solar, wind and ocean waves, all of which have yet to be fully tapped.

Meanwhile, there has been an upward global trend in the use of renewable energy sources.

“In order to effectively use these natural energy sources, Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole, have to be self-sufficient in technologies. It means that Viet Nam is able to create equipment that can convert solar energy into electricity instead of importing it from such foreign countries as China and Germany” he remarked.

Therefore, Quan and his colleagues from the Research Group of New and Renewable Energy in Electrical Systems (TRT-NREPS) of the Da Nang University of Science and Technology are deploying a project on creating solar converters to enhance the efficiency of solar battery systems.

During a meeting in March 2018 between Mr Quan and the city leaders, the municipal People's Committee Chairman Huynh Duc Tho City highly praised Mr Quan’s project for its highly practical applicability. As a result, his project has received the funding of over 800 million VND from the city budget.

Mr Dang Don Thach from the Central Regional Electrical Testing company noted, based on the initial measurement results, Mr Quan’s devices are better than the similar ones imported from China.

Mr Quan underscored the necessity of issuing more preferential policies for scientific research projects in order to bring them into fruition in the future.

By LAM PHUONG - Translated by MAI DUNG