New alternative energy plan to follow existing goal 

By The Nation

 

 

At public hearings ahead of the drafting of the Alternative Energy and Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP 2018), suggestions were heard that the plan should be consistent with the policy and goal of the Ministry of Energy to boost the usage of alternative energy to at least 30 per cent of total energy consumption. 

 

The hearings, held nationwide throughout August, were organised by the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE).

 

There was a consensus that the new solar energy plan should follow the existing goal of completing all installations in 2036, totaling 6,000 megawatts in generating capacity. At the end of 2017, plants with 2,849 megawatts, had been installed. 

 

The new plan will see the installations of 12,725 megawatts between 2018 and 2037, divided into 10,000-megawatt in public solar and 2,725 megawatts of floating solar cell on offshore platforms,totaling 15,574 megawatts.

 

In regard to the development of biomass energy, the original target was set at 5,570 megawatts, of which 2,290 megawatts had been delivered at the end of 2017. The balance of 3,496 megawatts will come online between 2018 to 2025. 

 

In biogas development using waste water and bio waste, the original target was set at 600 megawatts with 382 megawatts having been installed in 2017. Another  546 megawatts will be installed between 2018 to 2037. 

 

Adding to the AEDP 2018 plan will be floating solar energy with a target of   of 2,725 megawatts while the capacity of waste power plants have increased from 500 megawatts to 900 megawatts to help boost waste management and promote electricity production from biogas.

 

The biocrop plan set a total capacity of 680 megawatts in the AEDP draft.

 

The Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency said the cost of biocrop production remains high and it may lead to a rise power tariffs.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377831

 

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Renewable energy is the ONLY way to go . Other countries are investing a lot in the necessary infrastructure , Thailand should copy that .

Electric cars are coming , no doubt about this . But they are only really ' clean ' when the electricity used to recharge their batteries is produced by renewables .

Wake up , Thailand , invest in the future , not in the old polluting way to produce electricity  anymore ...

2 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Renewable energy is the ONLY way to go . Other countries are investing a lot in the necessary infrastructure , Thailand should copy that .

Electric cars are coming , no doubt about this . But they are only really ' clean ' when the electricity used to recharge their batteries is produced by renewables .

Wake up , Thailand , invest in the future , not in the old polluting way to produce electricity  anymore ...

Yeah, but. . . 

https://thenakeddollar.blogspot.com/2010/06/idiots-guide-to-why-renewable-energy-is.html

 

All of these future community power plants have little oversight for pollution controls, and there are supposed to be hundreds burning trash and agricultural waste ???????? and the nuclear reactor is even more frightening.  They could probably get most from solar-the sun is blazing hot here-not much corruption cash in that right  

12 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

Yeah, but. . . 

https://thenakeddollar.blogspot.com/2010/06/idiots-guide-to-why-renewable-energy-is.html

 

Yes, a guide for idiots. Nine years out of date and pretty inaccurate anyway. Even in the UK, a typical domestic solar system will generate on average around 8-9 kwh per day. Enough to run most of your non-heat electricity requirements during daylight hours. Renewables provided 39% of UK electricity this summer - more than fossil fuels. Yes, storage is an issue but there are many ways of storing energy - just an economic problem. Give it another decade and we will have viable storage.

It has only taken 25 years to go from near zero to this in the UK, a real revolution in power generation. We have not covered every hill with wind turbines and our land with solar panels - and we are a crowded country. 90% of houses still do not have solar panels, just need to use the roofs .

 

Thailand's ambitions on renewable electricity are pathetic. Those targets could be met in 5-10 years easily.

15 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Renewable energy is the ONLY way to go . Other countries are investing a lot in the necessary infrastructure , Thailand should copy that .

Electric cars are coming , no doubt about this . But they are only really ' clean ' when the electricity used to recharge their batteries is produced by renewables .

Wake up , Thailand , invest in the future , not in the old polluting way to produce electricity  anymore ...

Thailand has plenty of natural gas....Natural gas burns clean and produces loads of power....Natural gas is the future....

On 10/29/2019 at 11:58 PM, fforest1 said:

Thailand has plenty of natural gas

Only because it imports NG.