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Thailand Energy Information

Thailand Key Figures

Population:
71.8 million
GDP growth rate:
1.88 %/year
Energy independence:
47.9%

Data of the last year available: 2023

Total consumption/GDP:*
94.4 (2005=100)
CO2 Emissions:
3.72 tCO2/capita
Rate of T&D power losses:
7.05%

* at purchasing power parity

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Thailand Total Energy Consumption

Per capita energy consumption stood at 2.1 toe in 2023, while per capita electricity consumption was 2 977 kWh.

Total energy consumption has been increasing by 2%/year since 2020, reaching 149 Mtoe in 2023. Previously, it had increased by 1.8%/year as from 2010 and dropped by 6.4% in 2020.

Oil covers 41% of the country's needs, natural gas 25%, biomass 22%, and coal and lignite 9%.

Final energy consumption remained quite stable since 2019 (around 105 Mtoe), after a 3.8% decrease in 2020. Between 2010 and 2019, it grew by 2.3%/year.

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Thailand Crude Oil Production

The production of liquid hydrocarbons (crude oil and NGL) has been decreasing since 2016 (-6.9%/year), reaching 11.9 Mt in 2023. Previously it had increased rapidly between 2000 and 2016 (+6%/year).

The refining capacity amounts to 1.2 mb/d, distributed in 6 main refineries, of which the 3 largest are: PTTGC (280 kb/d), Thai Oil in Sriracha (275 kb/d), IRPC (215 kb/d). The others are ExxonMobil/Esso (177 kb/d) in Sriracha, STAR refinery (175 kb/d), and Bangchak Petroleum (120 kb/d).

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Thailand Renewable in % Electricity Production

The 20-year Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP 2018 - 2037), reviewed in 2020, targets a share of 30% of renewables in the final energy consumption in 2037. The AEDP is in line with the revised PDP 2018 that sets a goal of around 28 GW of renewables by 2037 (36% of total capacity), comprising 15.5 GW of solar, 4.7 GW of biomass, 3.1 GW of hydropower, 3 GW of wind, and 1.8 GW of solid waste and biogas.

The new draft PDP for 2024-2037 set that renewables should make up 51% of the power capacity mix in 2037.

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Thailand CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions

In its last updated NDC (2022), the country raised its target to a 30% reduction in GHG emissions from a BAU scenario by 2030 (20% before) and up to 40% subject to international support. It also included the objectives of carbon neutrality by 2050 and net zero GHG emissions by 2065-2070.

Total CO2 emissions from fuel combustion decreased by 1.9% in 2020 to 268 MtCO2 and have remained stable since then. They more than quadrupled between 1990 and 2013 before plateauing around 260 MtCO2 until 2019.

Graph: CO2-ENERGY EMISSIONS (MtCO2)