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Thailand is the second largest economy in Southeast Asia, where the main industrial outputs are tourism, textiles and garments, and agricultural processing. It adheres to a constitutional monarchy. Thailand’s power sector is mainly centralized with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) as the primary authority for generation and transmission. Distribution of electricity is conducted by the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA). Power supply is predominately based on fossil-fuels dominated by natural gas. Their current target is to have 37% renewable generation capacity in 2030, which is deemed a challenge due to continual rise in demand.

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Unlike the power sector of other major economies in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines) that rely heavily on coal for electricity generation, the Thai power sector is dominated by natural gas (54% of generation in 2021). This is mainly due to the availability of the resource and its exploration in the Gulf of Thailand, which has gradually increased since the 1980s. Coal (17%) and imports (16%) however also played an important role in the power supply in 2021. Other renewables, including wind, solar and biomass have increased in recent years and generated 10% of Thailand’s electricity in 2021.

The main share of power is used for the country’s large industry sector (45%), followed by households (29%) and services (22%).
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solar-living-book Power Sector Data in the four Largest Countries of Southeast Asia
This report provides a snapshot of power sector trends till 2021 in the four largest economies of Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The findings are based on intensive data research conducted in 2021 in the context of the CASE program. It supports data transparency in Southeast Asia by providing a centralized platform to gather, analyze and visualize data.
solar-living-book Snapshot of 2021 Power Sector Data in the four Largest Countries of Southeast Asia

This report provides a snapshot of power sector trends till 2021 in the four largest economies of Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The findings are based on intensive data research conducted in 2021 in the context of the CASE program. It supports data transparency in Southeast Asia by providing a centralized platform to gather, analyze and visualize data.

 

solar-living-book How big is the energy industry?

As you might expect, the global energy market is pretty massive. Estimates suggest that in 2018, global energy investment reached around $1.85 trillion. Other figures estimate that global oil and gas exploration and production is the 8th largest industry in the world by revenue, worth $2.7 trillion in 2021. 

The industry is also expected to keep growing, particularly in some important areas. Data shows that the worldwide renewable energy sector is expected to be worth over $1.5 trillion by 2025,  a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1 percent from 2018 to 2025. 

Within this sector, the solar energy industry is projected to reach a value of $223.3 billion by 2026. In that same period, the wind energy industry is expected to be worth $9.1 billion. 

Countries such as China, the US, India and Russia are some of the largest primary energy (taken from natural resources) consumers in the world. China alone accounted for 141.7 exajoules of energy consumption in 2019, compared to 7.84 exajoules in the UK.