DEMAND AND SUPPLY MANANGMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN THAILAND

摘要

The three major energy consumption sections in Thailand are manufacturing, household, and transportation. Electricity, heavy oil, gas, and fuel oil are four conventional energy sources of the country. For the demand side management, conservation of energy campaign, alternative energy campaign, mass transit, bicycle lane and high occupancy vehicle lane (HOV) or bus lane are already in practice. In the supply side, there are five major supply sources, namely, hydroelectric power, coal, (IPP oil, co-generation, independent and small power supplier (IPP & SPP). On the supply side &SPP). management, six major programs are planned or already implemented which are gasohol, diesohol, solar cell, fuel cell natural gas, and bio diesel program. The recent development on ethanol program are the National Ethanol Committee (NEC) Investment Program, tax & tariff exemption, R&D 12-project, and the organizing of the International Symposium on Alcohol Fuel (ISAF XIV) which will be held on November 12-15, 2002 in Phuket which is the major tourist attraction in the southern part of Thailand. The expected outcomes of the ethanol program are fuel import reduction, air quality improvement and buffer strategy for agricultural products.