Challenges Faced by Power Plants in Mongolia and Prospects for Their Technical Upgrading
The existing condition of the energy sector of Mongolia, the country’s power system structure and its main characteristics are analyzed. Five independent power systems are considered; information on the number of consumers and on the coverage of the country’s territory by these power systems is given and the shares of the electrical capacities of existing sources are indicated. Information on the state of the country’s Central Electric Power System as a whole is presented. The main kinds of consumed primary energy resources of Mongolia are pointed out including the most significant fields and reserves of brown and black coal. The key laws and state programs for developing the country’s fuel and energy complex are mentioned. The plans for constructing new energy sources that have been approved by the Mongolian Ministry of Energy in the work development strategies for 2015 - 2030 are outlined together with the main challenges faced by the country’s power industry and the ways of solving them. A version aimed at achieving better thermal efficiency of power plants in Mongolia through constructing new power units based on the IGCC technology is proposed.