Asia faces an energy security problem even with the rapid growth in production and trade . Among 13 developing countries with large energy consumption in Asia, 11 are exposed to high energy security risk . This will be a major challenge for the sustainable development of Asia due to the vulnerability to global energy supplies and price volatility . Asia lacks natural energy resources and has the smallest oil reserve but largely relies on fossil fuels. The dependency on fossil fuels was as high as 88.3% in China, 72.3% in India, 89.6% in Japan and 82.8% in Republic of Korea in 2013 . Many countries in South Asia rely on a single source to supply more than half of the electricity  . Additionally, cooperation in Asia to create the integrated energy systems needed for enhancing overall security is still at a very preliminary stage due to countries having different strategic plans and lack of cooperation among them on the common concerns .
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