No-new-coal: could this be the new reality for the Laotian power sector?

This brief focuses on a Laotian future with no new investments in coal power plants.

From:: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published: 10 October 2025

Country:: Laos
Document Type:: Briefing
Theme:: Climate and Environment and Economic Growth
First published:: 5 February 2025
Authors:: Phommachanh, N., Keovongsa, B., Nanthavong, K., Phommachanh, S. and Sridharan, V.

Abstract

This policy brief is part of a series developed by Laotian analysts during an OSeMOSYS (an open source modelling tool) modelling workshop in Vientiane, Lao PDR, in October 2024.

This work is part of the Climate Compatible Growth programme.

Citation

Phommachanh N and others. ‘No-new-coal: could this be the new reality for the Laotian power sector?’ Climate Compatible Growth Programme Policy Brief Series, 2025