THAILAND

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

Average annual growth rate (%)
Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2012 2000 to 2012
Population (millions) 35.56 46.96 56.3 61.88 63.88 64.54 0.35%
Population density (inhabitants/km2) 69.32 91.54 109.75 120.62 124.52 125.81 0.35%
Urban Population as % of total - 26.4 29.4 31.1 44.1 45.96 NA

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

Average annual growth rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2010 2011 2000 to 2011
GDP (millions of current US$) 32,353 85,640 122,725 318,908 345,649 9.33%
GDP (millions of constant 2000 US$) 37,275 79,360 122,725 187,494 187,639 4.05%
GDP per capita (PPP* US$/capita) 1,090.08 2,910.23 5,007.07 9,225.88 9,396.24 6.01 %

TABLE 3. AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Available energy sources 2012
Fossil Fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other
Renewable
(contract capacity)
Total amount in specific units* 18.8
Million tons
87.3
Million bbls
1,461
Billion scf
NA 3,436
MW
317
MW
Total amount in Petajoule (PJ) 24.16 8.89 29.27 NA

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS

Unit: Petajoule Average annual growth rate (%)
1990 2000 2005 2012 2000 to 2012
Energy consumption**
- Total 1,254.84 2,403.71 3,176.47 4,150.49 4.66
- Solids*** 163.42 330.14 485.19 686.96 6.30
- Liquids 806.63 1,212.85 1,440.62 1,486.22 0.91
- Gases 236.90 795.40 1,182.41 1,861.74 7.34
- Nuclear
- Hydro 47.90 65.32 68.25 115.85 4.89
- Other Renewables - - - -
Energy production - - - -
- Total 518.85 1,226.16 1,533.82 2,275.43 5.29
- Solids*** 149.77 217.05 250.51 210.31 -0.26
- Liquids 86.71 220.95 370.13 483.10 6.74
- Gases 236.90 733.52 860.60 1,503.80 6.17
- Nuclear
- Hydro 45.47 54.64 52.59 78.21 3.03
- Other Renewables - - - -
Net import (Import - Export) - - - -
- Total 741.31 1,434.36 2,047.55 2,268.20 3.89

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2012 2000-2012
Capacity of electrical plants (MWe)
- Thermal-EGAT 519 1,977 5,755 12,964 12,369 11,569 -0.94
-IPP 3,456 8,000 12,742 11.49
-SPP 1,433 2,016 2,444 4.55
- Hydro 451 1,269 2,236 2,880 3,424 3,436 1.48
-Purchased from neighboring countries 340 640 2,405 17.71
- Nuclear
- Wind 0.02 0.20 0.20 2.70 24.22
- Geothermal 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0
- other renewable 0.02 0.03 0.53 1.54 38.85
- Total 970 3,246 7,992 21,074 26,450 32,600 3.7
Electricity production (GWh)
- Thermal-EGAT 2,518 12,347 37,614 62,865 59,216 69,091 0.79
-IPP 16,192 51,990 70,097 12.99
-SPP 9,436 13,572 15,134 4.02
- Hydro-EGAT 1,577 1,653 4,858 5,296 5,671 8,408 3.93
- Nuclear
- Wind 0.15 0.25 0.68 13.30
- Geothermal 0.79 1.65 1.45 0.80 -5.87
- other renewable 0.01 0.01 0.60 2.09 51.77
-Purchased 753 717 2,991 4,376 10,517 11.05
- Total (1) 4,095 14,754 43,190 96,781 134,827 173,250 4.97
Total Electricity consumption (GWh) 3,805 13,601 38,203 88,021 121,240.03 161,778 5.20

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1990 2000 2005 2012
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 22.29 38.84 50.89 64.31
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 678.56 1,418 1,942 2,506
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 29.97 28.41 31.64 27.41
Nuclear/Total electricity (%)
Ratio of external dependency (%) (1) 59.07 59.67 64.46 54.65

TABLE 8. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/project name Type Capacity (MW) Expected Construction Start Year Expected Commercial Year
EGAT Nuclear Power Plant #1 LWR 1,000 2020 2026
EGAT Nuclear Power Plant #2 LWR 1,000 2021 2027