Mongolian officials are considering the installation of an Australian model to provide electricity to rural areas of the country.
Mongolian officials have been meeting with Ergon Energy executives in Queensland to study the 64,000 kilometer rural power grid.
The Australians have operated a Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) network for many years to provide electricity to rural areas that previously had been unable to financially support electrification.
The SWER system uses single wire transmitting systems to provide electricity through lighter loads than normally sent through wire.
Ergon's Neil Lowry says the SWER system is both cost-effective and reliable when transmitting electricity to rural residents.
"Mongolia is a pretty much undeveloped country in a lot of areas and they are looking at the best means of getting supply to lots of villages and small settlements of around 700 or 800 people, so SWER is one of the options they're really interested in," he said.
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