Energy Ministry starts work on ‘integrated energy blueprint’
The Energy Ministry has kicked off the process of drawing up what it calls Thailand's integrated energy blueprint on Monday by holding a workshop on the plan with relevant parties.
Kulit Sombatsiri, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said the plan is divided into a five-year short-term plan (2022-2027), a five to 10 year mid-term plan and a 20-year long-term plan.
The Cabinet had in October asked the ministry to put together five energy plans issued in 2018, namely power development, alternative energy development, energy conservation, gas management and oil plan.
The ministry will hold a public hearing on the combined plan after next March and started drawing up a preliminary strategy in April.
He added that the integrated plan will not raise the ratio of coal-fired power plants and will retire old gas and coal-power plants early.
Thailand will also set a target for net-zero carbon emissions, he added.
