Mongolia’s Energy Efficiency Indicators 2019

Abstract

Mongolia achieved high and stable economic growth from 2008–2018. Energy consumption, especially of conventional energy – such as coal, oil, and electricity – increased significantly as a result. The Government of Mongolia recognises the importance of an energy efficiency and conservation (EEC) policy for the future. As it does not have benchmarks for the current energy efficiency level in the country, the Mongolian Energy Economics Institute (MEEI), a member of the Energy Research Institute Network (ERIN) of the East Asia Summit, requested the support of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) to produce energy efficiency indicators (EEIs). These are to serve as benchmarks in Mongolia’s final energy consumption sectors comprising industry (production of industrial products), transport (transport of passengers or freight from point A to point B), commercial buildings and the residential sector.