Spotlight Session: Integrated Energy System Planning(Organized by ADB, and IAEA)

Описание: Integrated Energy Systems Planning is important to identify the role of different technologies in meeting their future energy needs. This includes analyzing the different technologies, elaborating sustainable energy strategies and conducting studies for energy system mix and electricity sector development and management, energy investment planning and energy environment policy formulation.

Countries in Asia and the Pacific are committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Many have also set net-zero targets by mid-century. Since energy plays a critical role in achieving these, energy system analysis and planning must evolve to consider multidimensional factors. Supply and demand forecasting must now be balanced with adequacy and affordability, as well as sustainable energy production and consumption. The complexity in energy system planning is further enhanced by the increasing number of technologies and modalities in power generation, as well as by rapidly changing energy consumption patterns.

Integrated energy system planning enables the systematic analysis of factors to find optimal solutions in achieving energy, socio-economic, and climate goals. The IAEA promotes the use of several integrated modelling tools that can assist in defining optimal energy generation profiles, accounting for environmental and external costs, and calculating financial viability of energy projects, among others. ADB supports its developing member countries make more informed investment decisions and implement evidence-based policies by building their capabilities on these tools.