Fourth, In the environment impacts considered four gases and local pollutant emissions: CO2, NOx, CH4 and SO2. CO2 emission in Laos would grow that is higher than the rate of energy consumption because of burning of lignite in the power plants would significantly increase the emissions and local pollutants in the country.
The SO2 and NOx emission would averagely grow corresponding to the increasing lignite and coal consumptions in the power generation and industrial sectors. The power generation sector is expected to have the largest share in Thailand, which increase growth of energy consumption followed by the industrial, transportation, and residential sectors.
The transportation sector and the residential sector that currently is a major source of CO2 and CH4 emission is expected to reduce its share because of the increasing consumptions of electricity in electric rail, natural gas for vehicles, and changes of fuels used for cooking from biomass to electricity.