Energy in Mongolia

 Mongolia ranks 41st in the world for Coal

consumption, accounting for about 0.8% of the
world's total consumption of 1,139,471,430
tons. Mongolia consumes 2,887,000 cubic feet
of Coal per capita every year (based on the
2016 population of 3,056,364 people), or 7,910
cubic feet per capita per day.
 What is Mongolia main resources?.

 The country's richest resources are minerals--coal, copper,

fluorite, gold, iron ore, lead, molybdenum, oil, phosphates,
tin, uranium, and wolfram.
 How does Mongolia get energy?
 In 2018, 7% of Mongolia's electricity came from renewable power
sources, mainly wind power. Mongolia has very sunny weather with
average insolation above 1,500 kW/m2 in most of the country,
making solar power highly available. 247 MW of solar power plants
have been approved for construction.
 Does Mongolia use renewable energy?

 “With abundant solar, wind and hydropower resources, the country

possesses the domestic assets needed to develop sustainably,
benefitting its economy, its people and the environment.”
Today, seven per cent of installed power-generation capacity in
Mongolia comes from renewables, mostly hydropower
 Does Mongolia have nuclear power
plants?
 Mongolia has rich uranium resources but no nuclear power
plants. However, there are tentative plans to build a nuclear
fuel production capacity following the development of
uranium reserves
 Hydro
 Mongolia's 3,800 streams and rivers, which are located primarily in the northern
and western areas of the country, have the potential for the generation of up to
6.4 GW of hydropower. Currently, Mongolia has approximately 12 MW of
hydropower capacity, with an additional 12 MW under construction.
 Solar
 "The land of the blue sky" has, in an average year, 270 to 300 'sunny' days. Accordingly, solar
potential in the country is quite high, estimated to be 11 GW. There are three solar PV
installations in operation:
 the Naran Plant (5kW)
 the Noyon plant (200kW)
 the Tsagaanchuluut plant (1kW)
 One of Mongolia's most successful renewable energy initiatives has been the Solar Gers Project.
Under the project, 100,146 herder families have been provided with portable solar energy
systems since 1999. The project is jointly funded by the World Bank and Dutch Government
and provides a 50% subsidy on the cost of solar systems. The Gobi Desert has been earmarked
as a possible location for a large solar PV or concentrated solar plant.
 Main sources of Energy:

 Mongolia has seven coal-fired power plants, two hydropower plants

and some small diesel and renewable energy generators. The current
installed capacity in Mongolia is 1,050 MW, of which only 728 MW
is available due to losses from ageing plants and transmission.
 Energy efficiency from 2020 to future

 the government aims to reduce greenhouse gas

emissions in the energy sector through the increase of
energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2030, while it
seeks to reduce building heat losses by 20 percent
and 40 percent by 2020 and 2030, respectively