Thailand

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Estimated Available Energy Sources
 Fossil Fuels Nuclear  Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro* Other
Renewable*
Total amount in specific units** 15.15 million tonnes 90.53 million bbls 1,405.84 billion scf n.a. 3,500 MW 1,593 MW
Total amount in exajoules (EJ)  163.1 530.57 1,446.25 n.a.    

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

Average annual growth rate (%)
1990 2000 2010 2013 2015* 2000 to 2015*
Energy consumption**            
- Total 1 254.84 2 403.71 3 758.89 4 213.91 4 345.56 4.03
- Solids*** 163.42 330.14 653.81 659.13 735.53 5.49
- Liquids 806.63 1 212.85 1 375.57 1 537.08 1 603.45 1.88
- Gases 236.90 795.40 1 653.26 1 921.68 1 920.16 6.05
- Nuclear
- Hydro 47.90 65.32 76.25 96.02 86.42 1.88
- Other
Renewables
Energy production            
- Total 518.85 1 226.16 2 082.17 2 275.69 2 142.99 3.73
- Solids*** 149.77 217.05 209.11 196.18 161.58 –2.01
- Liquids 86.71 220.95 492.99 490.92 500.3 5.54
- Gases 236.90 733.52 1 330.01 1 537.94 1 446.23 4.57
- Nuclear
- Hydro 45.47 54.64 50.06 50.65 34.88 –3.01
- Other
Renewables
Net import (import–export)
- Total 741.31 1 434.36 2 109.54 2 360.72 2 614.45 4.02

TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

Average annual growth rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2016* 2000 to 2016*
Capacity of electrical plants (MW(e))
- Thermal–EGAT 1 977 5 755 12 964 11 569.40 12 060 12 887 –0.04
- IPP 3 456 12 152 14 767 14 949 9.59
- SPP (Co-generation) 1 433 2 182 3 919 4 749 7.78
- Hydro 1 269 2 236 2 880 3 488 3 496 3 500 1.23
- Purchased 340 1 588 3 387 3 878 16.43
- Nuclear
- Renewable and other 0.53 29 1 217 1 593 64.96
- Total 3 246 7 992 21 073.53 31 008.40 38 845 41 556 4.34
Electricity production (GWh)
- Thermal–EGAT 12 347 37 614 61 213.76 65 906.59 66 239 64 208 0.3
- IPP 18 212.92 74 448.13 70 533 67 901 8.57
- SPP 10 175.54 13 897.30 23 906 28 297 6.6
- Hydro–EGAT 1 653 4 858 5 891.44 5 325.20 4 097 3 521 –3.17
- Nuclear
- Renewable and other 527 2 266 4 355 5 047 15.17
- Purchased 753 717 2,966.25 7,253.78 14,247 19,825 12.61
- Total 14,754 43,190 98,986.91 169,097 183,377 188,799 4.12
Total electricity consumption (GWh) 13,601 38,203 88,021 149,320 174,833.71 182,847.43 4.68

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1990 2000 2010 2015 2016*
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 22.29 38.84 58.84 66.11 n.a.
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) 678.56 1 418 2 337.51 2 659.88 2 773.36
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 29.97 28.41 29.24 30.81 n.a.
Nuclear/Total electricity (%)
Ratio of external dependency (%)* 59.07 59.67 56.12 60.16 n.a.

TABLE 5. 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