The Ministry of Energy of the Kingdom of Thailand (
Abrv: MoE; th, กระทรวงพลังงาน, ) is a cabinet ministry in the
Government of Thailand
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. Its budget for
fiscal year
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2019 (1 October 2018–30 September 2019) is 2,319 million
baht
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.
History
Disparate energy departments were consolidated by the government with the establishment of the National Energy Policy Committee in 1992 (B.E.2535) under the National Energy Policy Council Act (1992). It is responsible for managing the energy sector in Thailand, including granting energy operating licenses and issuing energy pricing regulations.
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...
, then prime minister in 2002, established the Bureau of Energy on 2 November 2001, B.E.2544, which was later upgraded to the Ministry of Energy in 2002 pursuant to the Restructuring of Government Organization Act (2002).
Organization
Administration
* Office of the Minister
* Office of the Permanent Secretary
Dependent departments
* Department of Mineral Fuels
* Department of Energy Business
*
Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE)
* Energy Policy and Planning Office
State enterprises
*
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) ( th, การไฟฟ้าฝ่ายผลิตแห่งประเทศไทย; ) is a state enterprise, managed by the Ministry of Energy, responsible for electric power ge ...
(EGAT)
*
PTT Public Company Limited
PTT Public Company Limited or simply PTT ( th, บริษัท ปตท. จำกัด (มหาชน)) is a Thai state-owned SET-listed oil and gas company. Formerly known as the Petroleum Authority of Thailand, it owns extensive submar ...
Public Organizations
* Energy Fund Administration Institute
Thailand Power Development Plan 2015-2036 (PDP2025)
Thailand's Power Development Plan (PDP).
is the nation's roadmap for electric power generation, distribution, and consumption. The plan, prepared by the Ministry of Energy (MOE) and EGAT, is issued iteratively. The previous edition, PDP2010 Revision 3, covered the years 2012-2030.
Along with the PDP, the MOE produces several subsidiary plans that roll up into the PDP:
* Energy Efficiency Development Plan (EEDP)
* Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP)
* Natural Gas Supply Plan
* Petroleum Management Plan
PDP2015 begins with the assumptions that:
* Thailand's average
GDP
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjective nature this measure is often ...
growth over the period 2014-2036 will be 3.94 percent annually
* Thailand's population growth over the same period will average 0.03 percent annually
* Energy savings over the period as forecasted in the EEDP will total 89,672 GWh
* Renewables, including domestic hydro, will supply 19,634.4 MW of power over the period
* Thailand's new power demands will grow 2.67 percent annually, 2014-2036
* In 2036 Thailand's peak electricity demand will be 49,655 MW and that total electricity demand will be 326,119 GWh
PDP2015 projects the following changes in Thailand electrical power generation fuel mix over the period 2014-2036:
* Imported hydro-power: Rising from 7 percent in 2014 to 15-20 percent in 2036
* Coal/lignite: Flat to rising from 20 percent to 20-25 percent
* Renewables, including domestic hydro: Rising from 8 percent to 15-20 percent
* Natural gas: Declining from 64 percent to 30-40 percent
* Nuclear: Rising from 0 percent to 0-5 percent
* Diesel/fuel oil: Declining from 1 percent to zero
PDP2015 projects that Thailand's CO
2 emissions from power generation will rise from 86,998,000 tons in 2015 to 104,075,000 tons in 2036.
References
External links
Ministry of Energy(English)
Ministry of Energy(Thai)
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Energy
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2002 establishments in Thailand