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) |
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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 |