5. Barriers for renewable energy development
Despite high potentials to generate electricity from renewable sources in Thailand, several barriers still prolong the speed of development and wide adoption of renewable energy. Systematic support and promotional policy guidelines of the government is currently necessary to help alleviate the investment costs for renewable power generation development so as to eventually enhance its commercial and competitiveness. Appropriate financial support is key mechanism to further promote the development
of power generation technologies from each type of domestic renewable energy sources. Based on our investigation, major factors hinder progresses of renewable energy implementation in Thailand are following: