Energy sources such as solar power have good potential but financing and regulatory hurdles abound .by nareerat wiriyapong
Southeast asia is undoubtedly a market with growth potential for renewable energy given the region’s vast solar and wind resources but industry executives say stable and clear ensure smooth development
With the current military regime ruling out the possibility of nuclear energy in Thailand solar power development has been revived with more ambitious targets in mid-august the national energy policy council ( nepc) approved several initiatives with an aim to double the country’s inatalled solar capacity to 3000 megawantts by the end of next year well ahead of next year well ahead of the 2021 deadline set in the alternative energy development plan
Current installed capacity including 400 mw of photovoltaic (PV) systems under construction and 130 MW of solar rooftop units is roughly 1.5 gigawatts this figure is expcted to double by the end of 2015
Prepared by the state-owned electricity generating authority of Thailand (Egat) the existing power development plane (PDP) is about to be revised and will cover the year 2015 to 2036 the draft is scheduled to be ready for approval by the end of november
Prime minister prayut chan-o-cha who is also the chief of the national council for peace and order (NCPO) said recently that nuclear energy would not play a role in Thailand in the future