Taming the Winds of Mongolia
A REGIONAL RENEWABLE POWERHOUSE
Published In: EnergyBiz Magazine March/April 2012
THE VAST MONGOLIAN STEPPE sits atop an elevated plateau in Central Asia in the heart of the north-Asian wind channel, resulting in world-class wind and renewable energy potential. Mix this potential with the lowest population density in the world - half of Mongolia's 2.7 million people live in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar - and a huge landmass nearly the area of Alaska and you have the perfect recipe for large-scale renewable energy generation.
Mongolia is estimated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to have good-to-excellent wind resources of over 2,550 terawatt-hours per year. When including moderate-level wind resources - or those suitable for rural power applications - this estimate increases to over 8,123 terawatt-hours per year.
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