Developing a regional energy system for selected ASEAN countries : energy resource and environment implications | |
| Author | Nguyen Ngoc Hung |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ET-06-10 |
| Subject(s) | Energy development--Planning--Vietnam Energy development--Planning--Thailand Energy development--Planning--Laos Energy development--Planning--Cambodia |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia are geographically very close together, but their levels of economic development are highly diverse while potential of energy resources are very different. A long with economic development, energy requirement in the countries is rising rapidly. Possible trades among countries in the region should be taken into account in an integrated energy resource development. Therefore, developing a regional energy system helps examine potential benefits of coordinated regional energy development in terms of cost, energy resource and environment. MARKAL (MARKet Allocation) is a multi-tinge period model of national energy system that allows technology and policy options to be analyzed in a consistent manner. Four national MARAL databases have been developed for the four countries and then merged into one regional model with potential linkages representing energy trades among countries. The planning horizon for the study is 2000 - 2030. Economic benefit is obviously gained from the increased trade and cooperation in the region. By relaxing the bounds on capacities of regional electricity links and gas pipelines, total cost decreases by $1.13 billion while CO2 emission reduces 575 million tons and SO2 3.72 million tons. Moreover, costs reduce by about S5.67 billion when regional coal and oil markets are formed after 2010. With the expansion of energy trade, among fossil fuels, cumulative gas usage increases from 9% to 12% in fuel mix taking up decreases in coal and oil usages over the period study. Increased trade helps enhance energy security in the region by reducing burden on fuel import expenditure from outside. Crude oil resources are totally used up in all cases over the study period. Domestic coal and gas resources remain small amounts at the end. Increased energy trade promote more regional coal extraction while use less natural gas. However in most of cases, almost regional energy resources are getting depleted over the planning horizon. Increased energy trade obviously shows the positive impact on SO2 limitation consequently it reduces potential of acid rain in the region. Energy trade help reduce SO2 marginal abatement cost about 50%. For example, in 2020, this cost reduces from $3.76 to $2.19 per kg of SO2. Coordinated energy resource development clearly provides a more flexible system to react environmental issues. In order to obtain same target of CO2 reduction, increased cooperation saves cost as compared with no further development of energy trade. Costs reduce by $11 billion and SO2 emission reduction by 1 million tons as an auxiliary benefit |
| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Shrestha, Ram M. ; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Kumar, Sivanappan ;Dutta, Animesh; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Electricity of Vietnam ; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |