Thailand Wind Solar and Energy Storage Project Planning

What is a wind power project in Thailand?

The project will be the first private sector project in Thailand to integrate utility-scale wind power generation with battery energy storage and will have an important demonstration effect.

How can Thailand manage its energy transition?

Thailand can manage its energy transition and solve the energy trilemma of sustainability, security and affordability by accelerating renewable power additions and grid capacity expansion, while limiting new thermal power capacity addition.

What is Thailand's power development plan?

Thailand’s Power Development Plan (PDP) outlines an ambitious goal: for renewables to exceed 50% of the national power mix in the future. Projects like floating solar farms on dam surfaces are already being piloted and could add up to 500 MW of capacity. But even as policies shift forward, challenges on the ground remain.

What is Thailand's energy strategy?

Thailand’s energy strategy aims to bolster energy security, keep electricity costs economically viable, reduce environmental impacts, and enhance efficiency across its power systems . One of the plan’s core strategies is to expand renewable energy capacity, targeting a diverse mix including solar, wind, biomass, biogas, and waste-to-energy sources.

How will Thailand's energy policy affect the energy sector?

As Thailand plans to add significant amount of renewables capacity in the next 13 years, the government would consider more flexible gas power contract. As a result, thermal power plants will likely see their operational hours cut further. This will lead to costlier coal and gas power. Source: BloombergNEF.

How can Thailand improve its energy security?

By adding more renewables to its power system, Thailand can dramatically reduce the need to run gas power plants as baseload generators, thus reduce annual gas consumption (Figure 38 and Figure 39). This will in turn strengthen Thailand’s energy security and reduce exposure to volatility of global LNG prices.