Thailand

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

Average annual growth rate (%)
Year 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2014 2000 to 2014
Population (millions) 35.56 46.96 56.3 61.88 63.88 65.12 0.37
Population density (inhabitants/km2) 69.32 91.54 109.75 120.62 124.52 126.92 0.37
Urban Population as % of total - 26.4 29.4 31.1 44.1 NA NA
Area (1000 km2) 511.8

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)

Average annual growth rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2010 2011 2014 2000 to 2014
GDP (millions of current US$) 32,353 85,640 122,725 318,908 345,649 373,627 8.28
GDP (millions of constant 2000 US$) 37,275 79,360 122,725 187,494 187,639 NA NA
GDP per capita (PPP* US$/capita) 1,090.081 2,910.226 5,007.070 9,225.881 9,396.242 10,226.823 5.23
GDP per capita (current US$/capita)

TABLE 3. AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Available energy sources 2014
Fossil Fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other
Renewable
(contract capacity)
Total amount in specific units 17.98 85.1 1,487.41 NA 3,456.18 933.03
Million tons Million bbls Billion scf MW MW
Total amount in Petajoule (PJ) 195.42 498.64 1,530.17 NA

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS

Unit: Petajoule Average annual growth rate (%)
1990 2000 2010 2013 2014 2000 to 2014
Energy consumption*
- Total 1,254.84 2,403.71 3,758.89 4,213.91 4,289.53 4.22
- Solids** 163.42 330.14 653.81 659.13 749.35 6.03
- Liquids 806.63 1,212.85 1,375.57 1,537.08 1,533.52 1.69
- Gases 236.90 795.40 1,653.26 1,921.68 1,914.92 6.48
- Nuclear
- Hydro 47.90 65.32 76.25 96.02 91.74 2.46
- Other Renewables - - - -
Energy production - - - -
- Total 518.85 1,226.16 2,082.17 2,275.69 2,241.01 4.34
- Solids** 149.77 217.05 209.11 196.18 193.57 -0.88
- Liquids 86.71 220.95 492.99 490.92 469.36 5.46
- Gases 236.90 733.52 1,330.01 1,537.94 1,530.18 5.33
- Nuclear
- Hydro 45.47 54.64 50.06 50.65 47.90 -1.00
- Other Renewables - - - -
Net import (Import - Export) - - - -
- Total 741.31 1,434.36 2,109.54 2,360.72 2,447.30 3.82

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2014 2000 to 2014
Capacity of electrical plants (MWe)
- Thermal-EGAT 519 1,977 5,755 12,964 11,569.40 12,033.4 -0.53
- IPP 3,456 12,152 13,167.1 10.03
- SPP 1,433 2,182 3,589 6.78
- Hydro 451 1,269 2,236 2,880 3,488 3,456.18 1.31
- Purchased 340 1,588 2,404.6 45.00
- Nuclear
- Renewable and other 0.53 29 933.03 70.54
- Total 970 3,246 7,992 21,073.53 31,008.40 35,583.31 3.81
Electricity production (GWh)
- Thermal-EGAT 2,518 12,347 37,614 61,213.76 65,906.59 68,178.94 0.77
- IPP 18,212.92 74,448.13 65,718.53 9.60
- SPP 10,175.54 13,897.30 21,765.82 5.58
- Hydro-EGAT 1,577 1,653 4,858 5,891.44 5,325.20 5,170.59 -0.93
- Nuclear
- Renewable and other 527 2,266 4,168 15.92
- Purchased 753 717 2,966.25 7,253.78 12,259.71 10.67
- Total 4,095 14,754 43,190 98,986.91 169,097 177,261.66 4.25
Total Electricity consumption (GWh) 3,805 13,601 38,203 88,021 149,320 168,703.79 4.76

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1990 2000 2010 2014
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 22.29 38.84 58.84 65.87
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 678.56 1,418 2,337.51 2,590.66
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 29.97 28.41 29.24 28.48
Nuclear/Total electricity (%)
Ratio of external dependency (%)* 59.07 59.67 56.12 57.05

TABLE 7. STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station Type Net Capacity Operator Status Reactor Supplier Construction Date Grid
Date
Commercial Date Shutdown Date UCF
for year
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

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 2029 2035
EGAT Nuclear Power
Plant #2
LWR 1,000 2030 2036