03752nas a2200457 a 4500 20260817171049.0 210204s2019 th uu m rtt 0 a eng d .b12322581 AIT Thesis no.ET-19-02 Choden, Tenzin Barriers and opportunities in cross-border electricity trading for Bhutan Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2019 944 leaves : ill. (some col.) Thesis ; no. ET-19-02 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Energy Bhutan, 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. Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2019 Renewable energy sources Bhutan Electric power production Bhutan Marketing Electric power distribution Bhutan Weerakorn Ongsakul, Chairperson Singh, Jai Govind, Examination Committee Ekbordin Winijkul, Examination committee Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP), Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. ET-19-02 .b12322581 mnait m 231005 0 210204 m a m 0 mnait mnait mnarc mnarc 40 61 20 Barcode : 30050120875157 CREATED : 2019-07-25 RECORD # : i13208068 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : - CREATED : 2019-07-25 RECORD # : i1320807x LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050121014319 CREATED : 2021-04-02 RECORD # : i13320336 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050121014301 CREATED : 2021-04-02 RECORD # : i13320348 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 10771 10771 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no.ET-19-02 30050120875157 2026-08-17 17:10:49 1 2026-08-17 40 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-17 0 AIT Thesis no.ET-19-02 2026-08-17 17:10:49 2026-08-17 61 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.ET-19-02 30050121014319 2026-08-17 17:10:49 1 2026-08-17 20 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-17 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.ET-19-02 30050121014301 2026-08-17 17:10:49 2 2026-08-17 20