Northeast Asia Power System Interconnection ADB assistance
Shannon CowlinPrincipal Energy SpecialistSustainable Infrastructure Division East Asia DepartmentADB
NEARPIC Meeting10 December 2020
Asian Development Bank: Who We Are
▪ Founded in 1966
▪ A multilateral development bank
▪ Headquartered in Manila, Philippines
▪ 40 field offices
▪ ~3,500 employees, 64 nationalities
Our Mission: to help our developing
member countries reduce poverty and
improve quality of life
• ADB Technical Assistance Project for Mongolia
• $1.75 Million, approved 2015
• Financed by People’s Republic of China Regional Cooperation and Poverty Reduction Fund, the Republic of
Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund, and the Climate Change Fund (multi-donor)
• Develop power system scenarios 2020-2036 considering:
• Electricity markets in Northeast Asia
• Wind and solar potential in Mongolia
• Transmission interconnection development across the region
• Compare least cost expansion under isolated and interconnected scenarios
• Cost
• Emissions
Northeast Asia Power System Interconnection
Key Analysis under NAPSI TA
Scenario 3: 100 GW of renewable energy in Mongolia
NAPSI Step 1
Outcomes from NAPSI TA
Shared understanding of
NAPSI and its benefits
• Regional stakeholder
involvement
(SGC, Rosseti, and KEPCO)
• Conducted in coordination with
NEARPIC
• Presidents of PRC, Russian
Federation, Republic of Korea,
and Mongolia have all urged for
integrated grid development
Looking Ahead: Three Priority Areas
• Coordination, planning, administration
• To guide the NAPSI process forward
• Practical, lean, interim
• Implemented by Member States with the help of UN ESCAP
• South Gobi renewable energy base
• Institutional and Regulatory prerequisites of Gobi RE base for export
• Commercial agreements
• South Gobi—China interconnection
• Alignment with development of China—ROK interconnector
• Process towards a permanent NAPSI Authority
• Governments mobilized
• Feasibility study of a corporatized NAPSI Authority as a Joint Venture of the Member States
Interim
secretariat
Advancing
investments
Preparing for
multilateral
framework
Scope Considered for Future NAPSI TA
Wind and Solar in
South Gobi
• Optimize wind/solar
ratio
• Establish suitable
capacities, location
and development
stages
• Preliminary design
of HV collection
network
Mongolia-China
Interconnection
• Evaluate AC, DC,
and voltage options
• Design and routing
Business Case
• Assess landed
power costs in
IMAR, East China,
and Korea
• Principles of cost
recovery and tariffs
for generation and
transmission
Evaluating
Alternatives
• Assess landing
options
• Consider HV line to
Siberia for imports
of hydropower to
firm variable RE
ADB TA Process and Status
TA Concept Approval*
• Rationale
• Value
• Proposed scope
• Mongolian Ministry of Energy (MOE) as key implementing partner
TA Due Diligence
• Refine scope with MOE
• Regional stakeholder discussions (led by MOE)
• Draft TA Report and consultant TOR
Seek Fund
Allocation
• Application
• Consultation with relevant governments
• Fund commitment
TA Report Approval
• Formal peer review
• ADB management approval
• Target approvalAug 2021
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PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA POVERTY REDUCTION AND REGIONAL
COOPERATION FUND
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