The 10-year AEDP sets a target to develop 1 MW of power production from geothermal.
As of 2006, a study by the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency found a total of 112 hot brine sources in in every regions of Thailand except Northeastern.
Water temperatures on the surface level ranged between 40-100 degrees Celsius and most of the hot springs were originated from granite, especially along the fault line, in the Northern provinces such at Mae Jan in Chiangrai and Fang in Chiangmai.