Thailands Green Energy Market

and Industry

Dr. Twarath Sutabutr

Deputy Director-General Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE), Ministry of Energy, Thailand

Thailands New Government

Energy Policies
1. Enhancing energy-related industries & business to be next generation value-creator 2. Securing countrys energy supply

Ms.Yingluck Shinawatra
Thailands Prime Minister

3. Pricing energy right

4. Up-scaling RE mix to 25% in 10

years 5. Targeting Energy Intensity

Reduction by 25% (based on

2005 level) within 20 years.

Thailands Renewable Energy Development Committed to the development of low-carbon society

Government Funding On R & D & D Activities Encouraging Private-Led Investment

15 years RE-Development Plan (REDP-Master Plan 2008-2022)

25% New Target

Target 20.3 % of RE in Total Energy Consumption By 2022

Solar + Wind 1,300 MW

Small + Mini Hydro 320 MW

Bio Energy
Biomass 3,700 MW Biogas 120 MW MSW 160 MW

Biofuels

Ethanol
Biodiesel 20% Oil substitution

Measures for RE Promotion

6 Supporting Mechanisms: RE-Electricity Generating (5 from MoEN : 1 from Board of Invetment) Support from the Ministry of Energy
DEDE
1

Offices giving licenses BOIInvestment Incentives

Technical support Promotion requesting ONEP EIA ERC

Local Admin

Licenses

Renewable energy maps Info from demonstration site One-Stop Service Renewable energy potential info Investment Grant, i.e. biogas, solar hot water, and MSW (i.e.100% 2009, 50% 2010 , 25% 2011 for MSW ) Energy Soft Loan Revolving funds for Renewable energy and energy conservation, Energy credit ESCO Venture Capital Fund Adder : Feed-in Premiums Policy

DEDE & EPPO

3

Private Investor
Banks Capital
Carbon credit sale

DEDE

CDM

DEDE EPPO

- Firm - Non Firm

PPA

Adder

FIT

EGAT , PEA

Consumers
4

Adder of RE Technologies

Existing RE Policies: International Comparison

Policy Revision: from ADDER to Fixed-Price Feed-In Tariff

Policy Revision : from Adder to Fixed-Price Feed-In Tariff

Solar PV Roof-top will be first-to-launch - 20 years with 10 years-break-even

- Applicable of All-roof
- 2-metering system

New RE Policy
Revised Plan : 10 years Up-scaling 25% RE

Some new concepts : ready to launch

- FIT

- Distributed Green Generation (DGG)

- Compressed Bio-gas (CBG) for Vehicles

Some new concept : awaits final decision

- RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive)

- Zoning

Conclusion
Thailand will announce the revised RE plan soon.

10 years 25%
New plan but same intensity of governments support

- FIT
- Rooftop-PV - New policies : DGG , CBG

- (possible) RHI , Zoning

Thank you for Your attention

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