Thailand Power Development Plan 2015-2036

Table 3.3 the energy conservation targets classified by economic sector (GWh)
Energy Conservation Targets
Economic sectors
2016 2021 2026 2031 2036
Industrial 2,174 9,420 17,497 22,845 31,843
Business 853 5,156 12,687 22,406 36,052
Residential and Agricultural 395 1,914 4,877 8,760 13,633
Government 302 1,713 2,960 4,683 7,144
Total 3,724 18,203 38,021 58,694 89,672
3.2 Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP)
The words - “Alternative Energy” and “Renewable Energy” – started to play a
great role in power system. However, the power generation costs from some renewable
energy resources have still been higher than those of conventional energy resources such as
coal, natural gas, and hydro while renewable energy has been promoted to address global
warming and climate change issues causing by greenhouse gases (GHGs). The most well
known GHG is Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) mostly emitted from combustion of fossil fuels in
industrial sectors and electricity power generation. Therefore, the government has been
making an effort to push forward the Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) in order
to become a Low Carbon Society. In the past, to attract investors, the Adder System was
used to encourage renewable power generation, while nowadays Feed-in Tariff (FIT) has
been planned to be implemented in order to reflect the real cost of renewable power
generation and to specify the timeframe of purchasing.
Previously, the timeframe of renewable energy promotion according to the
PDP2010 revision 3 and the previous ADEP was during year 2012-2021. The target was to
substitute fossil fuel consumption by 25 percent in 10 years, and to analyze the effects of
the AEDP on energy prices according to NEPC’s guidance. However, there was a great interest
on renewable power generation investments in some areas due to their high incentives
causing challenges on the power system and purchasing scheme.
In the new AEDP, the renewable energy promotion schemes were designed to
strengthen the community, lessen the dependence on fossil fuels and address social
problems such as municipal solid waste and agricultural waste. Therefore, the plan intended
to encourage waste, biomass, and biogas power generation as the first priority. According to
the plan, the potential of power generation from waste would be 500 MW and the potential
3-5