Effects of cross-border power trade between Laos and Thailand Energy security and environmental implications》.pdfVIP

ARTICLE IN PRESS Energy Policy 37 (2009) 1782–1792 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Energy Policy journal homepage: www.elsevier.co m/locate/enpol Effects of cross-border power trade between Laos and Thailand: Energy security and environmental implications Mayurachat Watcharejyothin , Ram M. Shrestha Energy Field of Study, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This paper analyzed the effects of hydropower development in Laos and power trade between Laos and Received 4 October 2008 Thailand on economy wide, energy resource mix, power generation capacity mix, energy system cost, Accepted 23 December 2008 environment, as well as, energy security. A MARKAL-based model for an integrated energy system of Available online 25 February 2009 Laos and Thailand was developed to assess the effects of energy resource development and trade to Keywords: meet the national energy demands of the two countries. Two national MARKAL-based energy system Cross-border energy trade models of Laos and Thailand were formulated for the study. The results show that 80% exploitation of Hydropower resource development water resource in Laos would induce power trade between the countries. The integrated energy system Integrated energy system model of Laos and cost is found to decreas