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The chapter analyzes the past trends in energy production and consumption in Cambodia and Laos, and constructs their energy scenarios for future. It aims to predict and analyze the energy supply and demand in these countries and tries to assess their dependence on foreign countries for energy and examines the sources of domestic renewable energy sources and compares the data with future energy that can be generated using these resources. The future scenarios were developed with two different planning models: long-range energy alternative planning (LEAP) and long-range integrated development analysis (LINDA) to assess the present and future energy supply/demand. The LEAP model utilizes mainly the household data collected by our research team. The model analyzes the impact of different technological changes at household level with bottom-up approach, while the LINDA model is based on macro level changes in all sectors. Decomposition analysis analyzes the drivers of energy consumption. The chapter analyzes the biomass energy potential of agricultural wastes (especially rice husk and rice straw) in Cambodia and Laos with the existing technologies to evaluate the possibilities of reducing dependence on imported energy.
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Luukkanen, J. et al. (2015). Energy Dependence and Potential for Renewables: Analysis of Future Trends and Potential for Renewable Energy Development in Cambodia and Laos. In: Reddy, B., Ulgiati, S. (eds) Energy Security and Development. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2065-7_27
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