Increasing environmentally friendly energy production as a priority task of Mongolia’s energy industry

Abstract

The article briefly justifies the urgent need to introduce new generating capacity into the country's power system to meet demand for energy and discusses individual issues related to new energy sources. The geographical, climatic, and economic features of the country are compared to those in other countries in the region, and external and internal factors influencing the energy sector are identified. Information is provided on the release of greenhouse gases, their main sources and the measures taken to further reduce them. The article also highlights the main strands of environmentally friendly solutions for the development of energy sources and presents ideas on scientific research in this direction and some of their results. The final part of the article presents an opinion regarding promising intercountry projects and emphasizes the need for Mongolia’s energy diplomacy to pay attention to them.

Keywords

• energy source
• generating capacity
• electrical load density
• greenhouse gas
• renewable energy source
• energy technology