Changelog
Laos 1-node model added to Scenario Builder
Model scope
- Base year: 2023
- End year: 2050
- Spatial resolution: National (1 node only)
- Temporal resolution:
- Low resolution (24-hourly and yearly) - 1 timeslice
- Medium resolution (3-hourly and 3-monthly) - 32 timeslices
Data sourcing table
| Input variable | Data source | Data standard |
|---|---|---|
| Demand profiles - current | Shape of the demand at the national-level synthetically generated from a historical year (2015) | Silver |
| Demand profiles - future | Shape of the demand profile does not change in the future. | Bronze |
| Annual demand - current | Historical electricity system demand (EDL Statistic Yearbook 2023) | Gold |
| Annual demand - future | TransitionZero in-house estimates | Bronze |
| Renewable profiles | TransitionZero in-house methodology (https://www.transitionzero.org/insights/from-vision-to-voltage-with-tz-apg) | Bronze |
| Renewable potentials | TransitionZero in-house methodology (https://www.transitionzero.org/insights/from-vision-to-voltage-with-tz-apg) | Bronze |
| Technology costs - current | Indonesia Technology Catalogue by Danish Energy Agency and The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, VietNam Technology Catalogue by Danish Energy Agency, BNEF Malaysia Technology Cost, and The 8th ASEAN Energy Outlook by ASEAN Center of Energy | Silver |
| Technology costs - future | Indonesia Technology Catalogue by Danish Energy Agency and The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, VietNam Technology Catalogue by Danish Energy Agency, BNEF Malaysia Technology Cost, and The 8th ASEAN Energy Outlook by ASEAN Center of Energy | Silver |
| Commodity costs - current | TransitionZero in-house methodology (https://www.transitionzero.org/insights/from-vision-to-voltage-with-tz-apg) | Silver |
| Commodity costs - future | TransitionZero in-house methodology (https://www.transitionzero.org/insights/from-vision-to-voltage-with-tz-apg) | Silver |
| Electricity trade cost - current | Estimated cost based on the approved import cost to the neigboring country and marginal cost of neighboring countries exporting electricity to/from Lao based on TZ APG study | Bronze |
| Electricity trade cost - future | Estimated cost based on the approved import cost to the neigboring country and marginal cost of neighboring countries exporting electricity to/from Lao based on TZ APG study | Bronze |
| Efficiency / Losses | Indonesia Technology Catalogue by Danish Energy Agency and The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource, VietNam Technology Catalogue by Danish Energy Agency, BNEF Malaysia Technology Cost, and The 8th ASEAN Energy Outlook by ASEAN Center of Energy | Silver |
| Minimum generation level | Default, technology-specific | Bronze |
| Planned outages / Availability | NREL ATB 2024 | Bronze |
| Discount rate | Default (5%) | Bronze |
| WACC | IEA Cost of Capital Observatory | Bronze |
| Power plant data - current (location, capacity, fuel, technology, start year, end year) | Data served as initial and planned capacities from 2023 to 2050. This data is curated and validated by TransitionZero. See the following: Houay Ho Power Company, Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Power Company, Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company, Nam Theun 1 Hydropower Company | Gold |
| Power plant data - future | Data served as initial and planned capacities from 2023 to 2050. This data is curated and validated by TransitionZero. See the following: Houay Ho Power Company, Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Power Company, Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company, Nam Theun 1 Hydropower Company | Gold |