Ulaanbaatar
Parliament Supports Solar Ger Initiative Under New Regulatory Reforms
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, January 8, 2026 /MONTSAME/. Under the Parliament Speaker’s “Choloolye” red-tape reduction initiative, Mongolia is streamlining approval procedures that previously required up to 15 procedural steps and an average of one year for a single household to install a solar panel. A Parliamentary Resolution formalizing these reforms was adopted last month.
Aligned
with the 2026–2030 National Development Policy, the
Investment Program, and the Government’s 2024–2028 Action Program, a
flagship policy under this reform is the “100,000 Solar Gers”
Initiative, which aims to equip 100,000
ger-area households by 2035 with integrated solar panels,
electric heating, and battery storage systems.
The initiative applies a multi-step, systems-thinking approach that addresses not only technology selection and feasibility, but also:
- simplified
grid connection for solar and battery systems of up to 20
kW, using standardized designs without the need for
individual technical specifications;
- quarterly
payments for surplus electricity supplied to the grid;
- grid
connectivity and related technical bottlenecks;
- monitoring,
reporting, and verification (MRV) systems and access to carbon markets; and
- blended
financing solutions tailored to different household income levels.
To
fast-track implementation, Chingeltei district
has been selected as a regulatory sandbox,
enabling streamlined permitting, grid connection, financing, and implementation
models to be tested and scaled over the next two years.
The initiative marks a concrete shift toward a low-carbon, people-centered energy transition - cutting bureaucracy, improving air quality, and transforming households into clean-energy producers.
