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Five years ago, facing with the need to save electricity to
cut down power expense, Sai Gon Morin Hue Hotel – a four starred hotel in Thua
Thien – Hue
decided to replace the electrical water heaters with heaters using solar
energy, although this type of product had not been very popular in the city
back then.

It was calculated that the initial investment for installing
solar power devices at Sai gon Morin Hue Hotel was over 1 billion dong. The
hotel has already invested in water heaters using solar power with total
capacity of 15 thousand liters to serve at some department such as bedrooms,
kitchens, laundry rooms and for daily use.
After 5 years of use, the water heater system using solar power at Sai Gon
Morin Hue Hotel has been functioning quite well and has helped save over VND50
million/month, equivalent to 25 thousand kW per month.
At the moment, in the province of Thua Thien Hue
there are many units and individuals using solar power to save electricity and
to have more control over their power use even during the electricity reduction
periods.
By Nguyen An
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