THAILAND
TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||||
Year | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2007 | 2000 to 2007 |
Population (millions) | 35.56 | 46.96 | 56.3 | 61.88 | 62.42 | 66.3 | 0.89% |
Population density (inhabitants/kmē) | 69.32 | 91.54 | 109.75 | 120.62 | 121.67 | 129.24 | 0.89% |
Urban Population as % of total | 16.36 | 17.63 | 17.66 | NA | |||
Area (1000 kmē) | 514 | 514 | 514 | 514 | 514 | 514 | - |
TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||||
1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2007 | 2000 to 2007 | |
GDP (millions of current US$) | 4,337 | 19,376 | 63,685 | 143,982 | 207,455 | 248,415 | 9.07 |
GDP (millions of constant 2000 US$) | 3,977 | 17,770 | 58,571 | 132,048 | 190,260 | 227,825 | 9.07 |
GDP per capita (PPP* US$/capita) | NA | ||||||
GDP per capita (current US$/capita) | 122 | 413 | 1,134 | 2,327 | 3,324 | 3,747 | 7.62 |
TABLE 3. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
Estimated available energy sources | ||||||
Fossil Fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
Solid | Liquid | Gas | Uranium | Hydro | Other Renewable |
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Total amount in specific units* | 6.439 | 19.556 | 12.209 | NA | 7.950 | 2.065 |
Total amount in Exajoule (EJ) | 0.059 | 0.306 | NA |
TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||||
1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2008 | 2000 to 2008 | |
Energy consumption** | |||||||
- Total | 0.47 | 0.87 | 1.63 | 3.24 | 4.13 | 4.41 | 36.11 |
- Solids*** | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.49 | 0.89 | 0.63 | 0.83 | - 6.74 |
- Liquids | 0.19 | 0.50 | 0.86 | 1.54 | 1.87 | 1.72 | 11.69 |
- Gases | 0.22 | 0.72 | 1.54 | 1.76 | 114.44 | ||
- Nuclear | |||||||
- Hydro | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 25.00 |
- Other Renewables |
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Energy production | |||||||
- Total | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.87 | 1.76 | 2.58 | 2.95 | 67.61 |
- Solids*** | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.48 | 0.75 | 0.45 | 0.34 | - 54.67 |
- Liquids | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 0.62 | 0.77 | 156.67 |
- Gases | 0.22 | 0.64 | 1.43 | 1.74 | 171.88 | ||
- Nuclear | |||||||
- Hydro | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 120.00 |
- Other Renewables |
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Net import (Import - Export) | |||||||
- Total | 0.21 | 0.48 | 0.76 | 1.39 | 2.10 | 0.67 | - 51.80 |
TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||||
1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2008 | 2000 to 2008 | |
Capacity of electrical plants (Gwe) | |||||||
- Thermal-EGAT | 519 | 1,977 | 5,756 | 12,964 | 12,369 | 12,368 | -0.59 |
-IPP | 3,456 | 8,000 | 12,152 | 17.02 | |||
-SPP | 1,433 | 2,016 | 2,075 | 4.74 | |||
- Hydro | 451 | 1,269 | 2,236 | 2,880 | 3,424 | 3,424 | 2.19 |
- Nuclear | |||||||
- Wind | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.00 | ||
- Geothermal | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.00 | ||
- other renewable | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 38.45 | ||
- Purchased | 340 | 640 | 640 | 8.23 | |||
- Total | 970 | 3,246 | 7,992 | 21,074 | 26,450 | 30,660 | 4.80 |
Electricity production (TW.h) | |||||||
- Thermal-EGAT | 2,518 | 12,348 | 37,614 | 62,865 | 59,217 | 57,015 | -1.21 |
-IPP | 16,192 | 51,990 | 67,420 | 19.52 | |||
-SPP | 9,409 | 13,554 | 14,064 | 5.15 | |||
- Hydro-EGAT | 1,577 | 1,653 | 4,858 | 5,296 | 5,671 | 6,951 | 3.46 |
-SPP | 27 | 17 | 29 | 0.90 | |||
- Nuclear | |||||||
- Wind | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.81 | |||
- Geothermal | 0.80 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | -8.30 | ||
- other renewable | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 63.07 | ||
-Purchased | 2990 | 4376 | 2785 | -0.88 | |||
- Total (1) | 4,095 | 14,754 | 43,190 | 96,781 | 134,827 | 148,266 | 5.48 |
Total Electricity consumption (GW.h) | 4.358 | 15.237 | 44.933 | 87,747 | 120,637 | 134,707 | 53.52 |
TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2008 | |
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) | 13.1 | 18.9 | 30.1 | 53.3 | 69.9 | 74.1 |
Electricity consumption per capita (kW.h/capita) | 120.4 | 329.1 | 827.5 | 1,418 | 1,933 | 2,125 |
Electricity production/Energy production (%) | 15.6 | 39.7 | 50.9 | 55.6 | 58.2 | 60.1 |
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) | ||||||
Ratio of external dependency (%) (1) | 44.5 | 55.7 | 46.5 | 42.9 | 64 | 58 |
TABLE 8. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Station/project name | Type | Capacity (MW) | Expected Construction Start Year | Expected Commercial Year |
To be decided | LWR | 1,000 | 2015 | 2020 |
To be decided | LWR | 1,000 | 2017 | 2021 |