Mongolia betting on super grid to revive its flailing economy
It is considering a US$7b plan to build coal, wind and solar plants that could send electricity across Asia
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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
THE lights of the high-end boutiques and bars of Tokyo's Ginza neighbourhood may someday be powered by coal burned more than 2,700 kilometres away in Mongolia, electricity zipping over ultra-high voltage lines across deserts and under seas.
That's the idea behind plans in Asia for so-called super grids, sending power from countries with relatively few people but lots of wind, sun and fossil fuels to distant electricity-hungry population centres trying to keep up with demand. Mongolia, desperate to make more of its abundant resources as it seeks to revive its flailing economy, aims to make that vision a reality through one of the world's most ambitious power projects.
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