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=== Electricity === Both wind and solar powered facilities exist, but most of the electricity is supplied by diesel generators.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Wave Power: China Uses Offshore Renewable Energy for Paracels Outpost|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/paracels-wave-power-10082020184119.html|access-date=2021-01-14|website=Radio Free Asia|language=en}}</ref> This led to considerations by the Chinese government to use floating nuclear power plants.<ref>{{Cite news|title=China plans to build floating nuclear plants in South China Sea|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/china-plans-to-build-floating-nuclear-plants-in-south-china-sea/articleshow/57143169.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-01-14}}</ref> It was reported in October 2020 that an experimental wave power generator was installed off Woody Island.<ref name=":2" /> On land, in August 2020, Millennium Energy Viêtnam Co., Ltd, a member of Millennium Petroleum Corporation announced plans to develop a 600 ha, US$15 billion LNG project in the south Vân Phong area of the Khánh Hòa province, i.e. [[Nha Trang]], near by [[Cam Ranh]], with capacity of 9,600 MW, project which include a dock warehouse system, may be terminals, to provide gas to the power plant as well as distribute LNG in South-East Asia, supplied presumably by the offshore gas deposit along the coast of Quảng Nam province, discovered by [[ExxonMobil]] in October 2011, at 200 nautical miles (roughly 370 km), amid the area disputed by China (PRC), surrounded the Paracel Islands, in Chinese maritime border sovereignty claimed by Beijing (refer to "Battle of the Paracel Islands"). Trung Nam Group also announced in early April 2021, a wind power 900 ha complex US$174 million with capacity of 423 GW/h/year, directly connected to the country's grid through Tháp Chàm 220 kV transformer station.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vir.com.vn |title=Vietnam Investment Review |orig-date=2021-04-26 |date=2021-05-02}}</ref>
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