02700nas a2200253 a 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000190007324500780009226000670017030000350023749000270027250001160029952015750041550200590199065000370204965000490208665000400213570000370217570000460221270000460225871000830230481000590238720260817171049.0210204s2019    th uu m rtt   0   a eng d  a.b123225811 aChoden, Tenzin10aBarriers and opportunities in cross-border electricity trading for Bhutan  aPathum Thani, Thailand :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2019  a944 leaves :bill. (some col.)1 aThesis ;vno. ET-19-02  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Energy  aBhutan, gifted with huge potential for the development of hydroelectricity, that significantly  surpass its domestic needs and gaining its importance on export surplus of power among  Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) region. However, Bhutan face a challenging  task to provide adequate, quality and affordable power in sustainable manner. To address  this gap a "bottom up" approach study involving stakeholders' perception is proposed. This  is based on the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat (SWOT) linked with Analytical  Hierarchy Processes (ARP) where a pairwise comparison and ranking of SWOT factors is  performed and finally a strategy is developed based on the TOWS matrix. The method is  applied to examine the opportunities and barriers in cross-border trading of electricity from  the Bhutan context, considering the current bilateral trading with Bhutan - India and  envisioning the trilateral trading between Bhutan - Bangladesh, India as transit. The  outcome of Bhutanese experts in energy perceived that for both the electricity trading, the  weaknesses category needs be emphasized more to expand huge volume of trade in  electricity. While the most suitable strategy to overcome the internal weaknesses are (i) to  emphasize in-house capacity building and (ii) establishing a multi-country investment and  encouraging PPP in CBET projects. The results of these findings will help the country to get  some insight in terms of the critical external and internal barriers that may hinder the  progress of regional electricity trading.    aThesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2019 0aRenewable energy sourceszBhutan 0aElectric power productionzBhutanxMarketing 0aElectric power distributionzBhutan0 aWeerakorn Ongsakul,eChairperson1 aSingh, Jai Govind,eExamination Committee0 aEkbordin Winijkul,eExamination committee2 aAsian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP),eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. ET-19-02