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Thailand Energy Information

Thailand Key Figures

Population:
71.7 million
GDP growth rate:
2.59 %/year
Energy independence:
43.8%

Data of the last year available: 2022

Total consumption/GDP:*
82.5 (2005=100)
CO2 Emissions:
3.46 tCO2/capita
Rate of T&D power losses:
6.07%

* at purchasing power parity

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Total Energy Consumption

Per capita energy consumption stood at 1.8 toe in 2022, while per capita electricity consumption was 2 740 kWh.

Total energy consumption has been decreasing by 2%/year since 2019, reaching 128 Mtoe in 2022. Previously, it had increased by 1.8%/year as from 2010.

Oil covers 46% of the country's needs, natural gas 23%, biomass 17%, and coal and lignite 11%.

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Crude Oil Production

The production of liquid hydrocarbons (crude oil and NGL) has been decreasing since 2016 (-7.8%/year), after a rapid increase 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).

The country is an exporter of oil products; however, exports dropped by 22% in 2022 to 8.6 Mt.

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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 of hydropower, 3 GW of wind, and 1.8 GW of solid waste and biogas.

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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 in 2020 and 2021 by 4%/year and remained stable in 2022 (248 MtCO2). They more than tripled between 1990 and 2013 before plateauing around 260 MtCO2 until 2019.

Graph: CO2-ENERGY EMISSIONS (MtCO2)