Interconnected power systems to boost clean energy use in Asia

Interconnected power systems will boost regional economic potential and promote the use of clean energy in Asia, experts said on Tuesday.

Liu Zhenya, chairman of the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization, told the Northeast and Southeast Asia Energy Interconnection Development Forum held in Beijing that: "Northeast and Southeast Asia are the most active regions in the world in terms of economic growth. However, these areas have been facing several challenges like burgeoning energy demand, diminishing energy supplies, high dependence on fossil fuels and insufficient cross-border power transmission capacity".

Liu added that nearly 80 percent of the national energy supply of China, Japan and South Korea was dependent on imported oil.