Thailand’s government has reconfirmed its commitment to gas in its new Power Development Plan (PDP), which sets a target for gas to generate 53% of the country’s power in 2037. This is an increase from 30-40% in the previous PDP published in 2015, and indicates the country will become increasingly reliant on imported gas as domestic production declines.
The Energy Policy and Planning Office drafted the PDP and confirmed last week that it had abandoned plans to build the Krabi and Thepa coal-fired power plants, which...
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