Thailand’s Alternative

Energy Development Plan

By

Yaowateera Achawangkul , Ph.D.

Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE)

Ministry of Energy, THAILAND

“National Dialogue on the Urban Nexus in Thailand”

2nd March, 2017

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 Thailand Energy Situation 2015

Thailand is “net” energy importer

Imported
Hydro Power
1.53%

Traditional
RE 9.68%

Renewable
77,881 ktoe 12.94%
Fossil Fuels
75.85%

Final Energy Consumption 2015 Energy Consumption by Sector

Source : Alternative Energy and Efficiency Information Center, DEDE 2

 Thai Government Energy Policy

 Secure Thailand Energy supply

• Exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil both in the sea and on land
• More new power plant by government agencies and private organizations
• Increase the use of renewable energy
• International energy development cooperation
 Fair Energy Pricing
• Energy price restructure
• Appropriate tax between different types of oil
 Energy conservation
• More efficient use of energy
• Awareness of consumer

Prime Minister’s speech delivered in COP21

Thailand pledges a 20 to 25 percent reduction in its emission
of greenhouse gases by 2030.

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Alternative Energy Development Plan
(AEDP) 2015-2036

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 Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) 2015-2036

Goal: Target 30% renewables in Total Energy Consumption by 2036

Target ktoe
RE Consumption (ktoe) 39,388.67
Final Energy Consumption (ktoe) 131,000
RE share (%) 30%
ktoe

Final Energy Consumption

RE Consumption

2007 2015 2036

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 Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) 2015-2036

Foundation: Commitment to the development of a low-carbon society

Facilitator: Facilitator:
Strategy: Alternative Energy
Private-led Government
Development Plan 2015-2036
investment funded RD&D

Goal: Target 30% renewables in Total Energy Consumption by 2036

Bio-Energy Bio-Fuel
MSW +
Biomass Biogas Industrial Waste
Ethanol Biodiesel Pyrolysis Oil
5,570 MW 1,280 MW 550 MW 11.3 ML/Day 14 ML/Day 0.53 ML/Day
22,100 ktoe 1,283 ktoe 495 ktoe CBG Alt. Fuels*
6,720 MW Power | 23,878 Ktoe Heat 4,800 t/Day 10 ktoe

Solar Wind Hydro New-Energy

6,000 MW Large Hydro Small Hydro Geothermal, Used Tire Oil, etc.
3,002 MW
1,200 Ktoe 2,906.40 MW 376 MW
10 ktoe
9,002 MW Power | 1,200 Ktoe Heat 3,282.40 MW

* Alternative fuels = Bio-oil, Hydrogen 7

 Principle Activities under AEDP 2015
Electricity Heat
• Solving the bottleneck • Enhance for the heat
problem of national grid production from transform
• Support for power RE fuel (pellet, RDF)
generation from unutilized • Promote local content in
fuel (e.g. agricultural & RE machinery
industrial waste, fast • Study for appropriate
growing crop) Renewable heat incentive
• Promote local RE resource (RHI)
for power generation • Promote heat utilization in
(Distributed Green building by building code
Generation: DGG) establishing (solar energy)
• Enhance the competitive • Promote RE heat
bidding for power utilization in household
purchasing (e.g. high eff. Cooking
stove)
Transportation
• Promote utilization of
biodiesel in transportation /
industrial sector
• Promote gasohol
utilization
• Promote CBG utilization
for vehicle and industry
• Promote biofuel
production efficiency
improvement
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 Success Factors in Thailand’s RE
Implementation

o Solving for national grid constraints

o Reducing for the gaps in electricity purchase tariffs among PPAs signed in
different times

o Reducing for inconsistent regulations and overlapped regulations among

government departments (e.g. Town and Country Planning Act,
Industrial Act)

o Promote the collaboration between RE-related organizations (both of

government and private sector)

o Reducing for community and people opposing in RE projects

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 Linkages of Thailand’s Energy Policies with
Urban Nexus Project

 Promote and support the sustainable utilization of RE from domestic

resources, for commitment to low-carbon society

 Extremely promote the utilization of Bioenergy and Biofuel

(Biomass/Biogas/MSW/Bioethanol/Biodiesel), in order to reduce urban’s
sewage and increase benefit to farmer, as well as community

 Enhance the participation of community for RE generation (solar

rooftop/solar PV for agri. Co-op/ DGG/ community CBG)

 Promote the utilization of alternative RE feedstock, to prevent the

competition between food and energy

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Thank you for Your attention
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