Feasibility Study on the Transmission Highway in ACMECS

The Ayeyawady–Chao Phraya–Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) currently has varying energy resources, but abundant resources – especially hydropower – are underutilised because ACMECS countries have no existing bulk transmission network covering their entire area. The high-voltage transmission network can bring multiple benefits, including reduced fuel costs of thermal power generation, reduced CO₂ emission, improved electricity access, and the ability to consolidate higher shares of variable renewable energy.

For this report, a cost–benefit analysis on utilising high-voltage cross-border interconnections for power trade in ACMECS was carried out. The study was conducted with the support of experts from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, who shared relevant data. Following the outcome of this study, ACMECS countries need to continue exploring how they move the regional grid towards a more accessible, affordable, and sustainable future power sector through the transmission highway concept.

Full Report

Feasibility Study on the Transmission Highway in ACMECS

Contents

Title Page

Preface and Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

List of Project Members

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Executive Summary and Key Findings

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Current Situation of Power System in ACMECS Countries

Chapter 3 Cooperative Operation of Hydropower and Thermal Power in ACMECS Countries

Chapter 4 Existing Cross-Border Interconnections in ACMECS Countries

Chapter 5 Candidate Cross-Border Interconnections for the Transmission Highway in ACMECS

Chapter 6 Power Exchange through the Transmission Highway

Chapter 7 Cost - Benefit Analysis of the Transmission Highway

Chapter 8 I mportant Role of ACMECS in Multilateral Power Trade

Chapter 9 Conclusions

References