Potential of Cooperation the NEA-3 Countries in the Energy Sector in the Context of the Global Energy Transition

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	Regionalistica 2025 Volume 12 number 2 pages 5-22

Title of the article	Potential of Cooperation the NEA-3 Countries in the Energy Sector in the Context of the Global Energy Transition
Pages	5-22
Author 1	Dyomina Olga Valeryevna candidate of sciences (economics), senior researcher Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-7992-5852
Author 2	Mazitova Marina Gamilovna research fellow Economic Research Institute FEB RAS 153, Tikhookeanskaya Street, Khabarovsk, Russia, 680042 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ORCID: 0000-0002-7978-7904
Abstract	The article describes the specific features of the energy transition in the Big Three countries of North-East Asia (NEA-3): China, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. It is determined that these countries are important participants in the global energy transition, as evidenced by the volume of investments in renewable energy sources, the presence of a favorable institutional environment, and high activity in innovation in key technologies that ensure the energy transition. An analysis of the potential for international cooperation for the NEA-3 countries within the energy transition is conducted. It is shown that China is strengthening its positions in the world markets in all the most important technological areas within the energy transition: solar and wind power plants, nuclear energy, and electrolysers. It is determined that China has an advantage in price competition at different stages of the production chains for the creation of equipment for renewable energy sources, which determines its high share in the world market. Japan and the Republic of Korea hold the lead in the development of technologies for the production of fuel cell vehicles. It is substantiated that the efforts of the NEA-3 countries to transition to low-carbon development trajectories are part of economic strategies aimed at forming new market niches, developing international value chains in the field of green energy, and creating new export sectors of the economy.
Code	339.5(620.9)
DOI	10.14530/reg.2025.2.5
Keywords	energy transition, low-carbon technologies, international energy cooperation, China, Japan, Republic of Korea, NEA-3
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For citation	Dyomina O.V., Mazitova M.G. Potential of Cooperation the NEA-3 Countries in the Energy Sector in the Context of the Global Energy Transition. Regionalistica [Regionalistics]. 2025. Vol. 12. No. 2. Pp. 5–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.14530/reg.2025.2.5 (In Russian)
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