Mongolia Mobile Energy Storage Site Wind Power Query

Currently the energy system of Mongolia is largely dependent on coal, and combined heat and power plants (CHPs) are the major energy supply for both power and heating. Mongolia lacks access to moderately priced liquid fuels and natural gas, which are mainly imported from Russia.

Mongolia's first wind energy project just switched online for the first time! The $100 million Salkhit Wind Farm aims to take advantage of the country's high winds with 31 turbines, each capable of generating 1.5 MW.

Energy security and sustainable development are the two major challenges in Mongolia. Accelerating renewable energy penetration by increasing both the share of renewables in the energy mix and their capacity factors is vital for Mongolia to develop sustainable energy infrastructure and achieve energy independence.

Power demand is expected to grow at 133 megawatt (MW) per annum from 697 MW in 2012 to 3,161 MW in 2030. To address the widening supply-demand gap and to strengthen energy independence in a sustainable manner, the Government of Mongolia has brought forward a series of policies to increase the share of renewables in the energy mix.

Mongolia lacks access to moderately priced liquid fuels and natural gas, which are mainly imported from Russia. Current energy capacity is not sufficient to meet the power demand during peak hours, and all fast ramping requirements and spinning reserve for frequency regulation and supply shortage are from the Russian grid connected to CES.

asses (for comparison).Onshore wind: Potential wind power density (W/m2) is shown in the seven classes used by NREL, measu ed at a height of 100m. The bar chart shows the distribution of the country's land area in each of these classes compared to the global distrib tion of wind resources. Areas in the third class or above are considered to