The Mongolian electricity sector in the context of international climate

The report examines the Mongolian electricity sector's transition toward the Paris Agreement goals and the public health costs of coal power. It highlights that planned coal capacity expansions, particularly the Shivee Ovoo plant, would significantly increase premature deaths and years of life lost by 2050, while noting that Mongolia requires international financial and technical support to implement renewable energy and decouple heat and electricity supply.

• The report identifies medium-term actions to increase mitigation ambition, including improving grid operation capacities for variable renewables and implementing pilot projects for renewable-based heating in aimag centres and Ulaanbaatar to decouple electricity and heat supply.
• Mongolia lacks the domestic capabilities to transition to a fully decarbonised economy and will need ongoing technical and financial assistance from the international community.
• Continued operation of coal-fired power plants is projected to cause approximately 1,600 premature deaths and 42,000 years of life lost in Mongolia between 2020 and 2050. Roughly 70% of these impacts would result from proposed coal capacity expansions planned by the Ministry of Energy as of January 2020.
• The proposed Shivee Ovoo power plant, with a capacity of 5.3 GW, is expected to be the largest driver of health impacts, causing 640 premature deaths and 17,380 years of life lost by 2050—more than all other proposed new coal plants combined. This plant would produce electricity for China while its pollution affects the Mongolian population.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2020). The Mongolian electricity sector in the context of international climate. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/the-mongolian-electricity-sector-in-the-context-of-international-climate

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. The Mongolian electricity sector in the context of international climate. 2020. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/the-mongolian-electricity-sector-in-the-context-of-international-climate.

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2020mongolian, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{The Mongolian electricity sector in the context of international climate}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2020}, month = mar, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/the-mongolian-electricity-sector-in-the-context-of-international-climate}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }