Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia imports 21 percent of its energy consumption
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In accordance with the power purchase agreement with Russia, Mongolia imports 1 kW power for MNT 33.548 from Russia, reported the Energy Minister P.Gankhuu during the Parliamentary plenary session.
The total energy consumption of Mongolia was 6.9 billion kW/hour as of 2015, 21 percent of which is imported from China and Russia at a high price.
Electricity tariff is legislated to be 15-18 cents from solar energy and 9.5 cents from wind power in Mongolia. Mongolia has made agreement with countries such as Chile and United Arab Emirates to buy 1 kW/hour solar energy-based electricity for less than 3 cents, which is equal to half the cost of energy production from coal.
Currently, there are three renewable energy sources-based plants operational in the Mongolian energy system, including ‘Salkhit’ wind plant , ‘Dorgon’ and ‘Taishir’ hydropower plants. These plants produce approximately 210 million kW/hour electricity and supply to the energy network and their supply price should be lowered, say corresponding officials.
