Developing important renewable energies in Thailand

Abstract

In order to enhance energy security while reducing environmental impact, the government of Thailand has established policy to develop domestic energy resources to increase energy stability and to sufficiently meet the future demand. Aiming to achieve a 20% share of renewable energy by 2022 according to the 15-Year Renewable Energy Development Plan (REDP), it is necessary to work out a plan to explore new renewable energy resources and technologies, encourage more investments from both public and private sectors, and promote entrepreneurships to transfer laboratory work to commercial production in manufacturing scale. In this paper, first the situation of Thailand's energy is presented. The energy plan in next 15 years will also be mentioned. Next, the potential of renewable energy resources are also discussed. Finally, the study of the technology roadmap of the renewable energy industry in Thailand is proposed to emphasize the importance of the present and upcoming technology and product trend. © 2011 IEEE.