REPORT: Pathways to a Sustainable and Just Transformation of the Mekong Region’s Electricity Sector
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Publication date: May 2022
Publication: Pathways to a Sustainable and Just Transformation of the Mekong Region’s Electricity Sector
How electricity is generated, and how it is accessed, is of central importance to sustainable development in the Mekong Region, including in terms of environmental impacts, social wellbeing, and economic growth. From mid-2021 to early-2022, CSDS and AMPERES collaborated with 24 researchers from academic institutions, think tanks and civil society organizations to prepare thirteen ‘thinkpieces’ that explore the opportunities and challenges to sustainable and just electricity transformation in the Mekong Region. Each think piece contributes a layer of evidence and insight to understanding the dynamics of electricity in practice in the Mekong Region, ranging from analysis on the regional scaled plans for electricity trade, to examination of the national level processes on power development planning and its outcomes, to local level opportunities and challenges for decentralized off-grid electricity solutions. The aspiration of this collaborative initiative was not to assemble a consensus report, but rather to gather diverse viewpoints on the opportunities and challenges in attaining ‘sustainable and just electricity transformation’ in the Mekong Region. The report aims to set out some new terrains for the electricity debate at scales that range from the local to the regional, and is intended to stimulate public debate on the wide-ranging social, ecological and economic implications of electricity planning.
Download the report here.
Please see the Facebook Live broadcasting here and the agenda here.
Please contact Carl Middleton (CSDS) or Tarek Ketelsen (AMPERES) for more information.
Editors: Carl Middleton and Tarek Ketelsen
Table of Contents
Pathways to a sustainable and just transformation of the Mekong Region’s electricity sector Carl Middleton and Tarek Ketelsen
Renewable energy in the Mekong: Positive movement but significant unmet potential Courtney Weatherby
China’s role in Mekong Region’s energy transition: The elephant in and outside the room Wei Shen
The potential and challenges of regional energy transmission through the China- Mekong multilateral grid interconnections Laurence L Delina
Power Connectivity in the Greater Mekong Subregion: The need for a wider discourse Muyi Yang, Deepak Sharma, Xunpeng Shi, and Kristy Mamaril
Rethinking electricity trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion Thang Nam Do, Paul J. Burke and Bin Lu
Access to agricultural land for people resettled from the Nam Ngiep 1 dam in Lao PDR Sypha Chanthavong
Emerging energy storage technologies and electricity system transformation impacts on Thai-Lao power trade Noah Kittner
Applying global energy technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from Thailand’s electricity sector Apisom Intralawan and David Wood
Role of market, competition and regulation in energy transition in Thailand Puree Sirasoontorn
Thailand’s power development planning and a just energy transformation Suphakit Nuntavorakarn
A community-owned model as a key toward just transformation in Cambodia’s renewable energy practice Oudom Ham
Enabling universal electricity and water access to remote villages: A decentralized renewable energy-water approach Ha Thi Hong Hai and Nguyen Quoc Khanh
Rewilding the Mekong: Can the Mekong be restored? Tarek Ketelsen, Rafael J. P. Schmitt, Apisom Intralawan, Le Ha Tien, John Sawdon, Mathias Kondolf
Citation: Middleton, C. and Ketelsen, T. (Eds.) (2022). Pathways to a Sustainable and Just Transformation of the Mekong Region’s Electricity Sector. February 2022. Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, and the Australia – Mekong Partnership for Environmental Resources and Energy Systems: Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Perth
This report is part of our project Shaping the Future of Mekong Regional Architecture. You can visit the project page here.