Key takeaways from the presentation “Power Grid Interconnections to Accelerate Asia’s Energy Transition” prepared by Mr. Matthew Wittenstein, Chief of Section, Energy Connectivity, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific are:
Interconnection accelerates energy transition
• Improves the economics of renewable energy development
• Enables renewables integration through resource smoothing and increased flexibility
• Helps to maintain high levels of security as renewables share increases
As green energy shares grow, benefits of interconnection also increase
• Requires deeper integration at technical and institutional levels
Grid-to-grid integration combined with multilateral trading enables secure and efficient renewable energy integration
• Important to balance cross-border and domestic grid development
• Hybrid interconnection models more complex to build and operate but have multiple benefits
• Alignment with sustainability must be considered at all stages of development
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