Thailand Solar Energy Overview

Kulwaree BuranasajjawarapornDirector, Innovation Group,

Bureau of Solar Energy Development

Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE)

Ministry of Energy

Seminar: Ilalian Technologies on Renewal Energy

“Italian innovative and best practices”

Sofitel So Hotel,

21-22, March 2012

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Knowledge Base organisation and sustainable development Centre of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

• Develop promote and support the production and the use of clean energy relating to local environment in the sustainable and the mostvaluable

• Develop clean technology commercialisation for local consumptionand export

• Build co-peration among population leading country to clean-energy knowledge-based society for economy security and happiness of the society

Mission

Vision

Thailand’s Power Status

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Natural Gas66.92%

Renewable Energy12.98%

Imported Coal7.99%

Imported from Malaysia

0.10%

Fuel Oil1.00%

Lignite10.99%

Diesel 0.02%

Fuel Consumption for Electricity Generation 2011

Data from EGAT

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15 years RE-Development Plan (2008-2022)

Target 20.3 % of RE in Total Energy Consumption By 2022

Solar Energy

500 MW

Wind Energy

800 MW

Small + Mini Hydro

320MW

BioenergyBiomass 4 000 MWBiogas 160 MWMSW 120 MW

Original Thailand’s Renewable Energy Development

10 years AE-Development Plan (2011-2021)

Target 25% of AE in Total Energy Consumption By 2021

New Energy3 MW

Solar Energy

2 000 MW

Wind Energy

1 200 MW

Small + Mini Hydro

1 608 MW

BioenergyBiomass 3 630 MWBiogas 600 MWMSW 160 MW

New Thailand’s Alternative Energy Development

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Measures for RE Promotion

6 Supporting Mechanisms:

RE-Electricity Generating

(5 from MoEN :

1 from Board of Invetment)

PrivateInvestor

CDM

Electricity authorities

Consumers

Promotion requesting

Support from the Ministry of Energy

• Renewable energy maps• Info from demonstration site

• One-Stop Service Renewable

energy potential info

• Investment Grant, i.e. biogas, solar hot water, and MSW (i.e.100% 2009, 50% 2010 , 25% 2011 for MSW )

• “Energy Soft Loan”Revolving funds for Renewable energy and energy conservation, Energy credit

• ESCO Venture Capital Fund

• “Adder” : Feed-in Premiums Policy

DEDE

DEDE & EPPO

DEDE

EPPO

DEDE

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2

3

4

5

Banks

To raise a loan

Capital requesting

Registration for intent expression as per the time specified

Adder

Carbon credit sale

ONEPEIA

ERC Local Admin

Offices giving licenses

Negotiation for electricity selling & buying

- Firm- Non Firm

Licenses

Technical support

BOI-Investment Incentives

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• Provided via financial institutions for investment in:

• Renewable energy development and utilization projects

• Energy efficiency improvement projects

January 2003 – present

7000M Baht

11 local financial institutions have participated.

• Local banks with better technical understanding are more confident on Solar Energy involve more in financial support

Max. interest rate: 4% Max. loan period: 7 years

Energy Soft Loan

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“Adder” : Feed-in Premiums

FuelAdder

(Baht/kWh)VSPP SPP

Adder-VSPP(USD Cents /kWh)**

Special adder *

(Baht/kWh)

Supporting period

(Year)

Biomass - Installed capacity <= 1 MW

- Installed capacity > 1 MW

0.50 0.30

Bidding 1.540.93

1.001.00

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Biogas (all categories of production sources)

- Installed capacity <= 1 MW- Installed capacity > 1 MW

0.500.30

Bidding 1.540.93

1.001.00

77

Waste (community waste, not hazardous industrial waste, and inorganic waste)

- AD &b LFG - Thermal Process

2.503.50

2.503.50

7.7210.81

1.001.00

77

Wind power - Installed capacity <= 50 kW

- Installed capacity > 50 kW

4.503.50 3.50

13.8910.81

1.501.50

1010

Mini and micro hydropower - capacity 50-200 kW

- capacity < 50 kW

0.801.50

-No- 2.474.63

1.001.00

77

Solar power 8.00/6.50

8.00/6.50

24.70 1.50 10

* Note : Special Adders for - Facilities in 3 Southern Provinces- Diesel-Gen. replacement on PEA system** 1 USD=32.375 Baht

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Status of VSPP+SPP Solar Project(updated September 2011)

ProposedProject

Waiting for PPA

Signed PPAAlready sell to

gridTotal

TechnologyProject (no.)

Capacity (MW)

Project (no.)

Capacity (MW)

Project (no.)

Capacity (MW)

Project (no.)

Capacity (MW)

Project (no.)

Capacity (MW)

Renewable Energy

Solar Energy 174 1,092.85 65 398.28 438 2,110.21 85 67.34 762 3,668.68

PV 174 1,092.85 51 331.36 178 767.17 85 67.34 488 2,258.72

SPP 3 175.72 2 181.44 2 90.41 0 0 7 447.57

VSPP 171 917.13 49 149.92 176 676.76 85 67.34 481 1,811.15

Thermal 0 0 14 66.92 260 1,343.04 0 0 274 1,409.96

Solar SPP and VSPP status

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

2009 2010 2011 2012

Solar PV having PPA Solar PV sold to grid

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Solar SPP and VSPP status during 2009-2011

•Increasing trend of solar PV

having PPA and already sold to

grid

•Increasing share of solar PV

already sold to grid in total RE

sold to grid under VSPP and SPP

MW

0

200

400

600

800

1000

2009 2010 2011

All RE grid-connected Solar PV grid-connected

2.04%2.06% 6.78%

MW

Thailand’s solar Map

Average solar irradiance 18 MJ/m2-d (5 kWh/m2-day)Maximum : 20-24 MJ/m2-dSolar map developed by DEDE using

satellite images and ground station measurement ( 38 Stations)

Solar map

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Potential Area

Updated September 2010

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Thailand Solar Power Industry

Solar Synergy

Upstream

Medium stream

Downstream

a-Si, mono-Si, poly-Si

Solar PV Standards and Testing Laboratory

• Solar PV Testing Laboratory– King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

(KMUTT)

– Electrical & Electronics Product Testing Center (PTEC)

– Narasuan, School of Renewable Energy

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• PV Standards:– A safety and quality standards for PV modules and BOS are

being finalized by TISO, Ministry of Industry, but the enforcement will be on the voluntary basis not the compulsory one.

– An energy performance standards for PV module and system has been planned to be developed by Ministry of Energy

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• PV Rooftop• Local Content (?)• Community use

Future of Thailand’s Solar Energy

Short term

• PV recycle • Building code

Long term

• R&D

Medium term

• Feed-in Tariff (FIT)-European style (reduce windfall profit and limit passing through mechanism to the end-consumers) is proved in principle by the committee of RE mechanism management

•Community use and Solar-Rooftop will be more focus and become its own category

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Thailand’s PV Status Report 2011

By NSTDA and Solar Club

Available : www.dede.go.th

and www.nstda.or.th

Table of Content

• Executive summary

• The implementation of PV systems

• Industry and growth

• Highlights and prospects

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1st solar thermal power plant of Asean

The TS1 project of 5MW is located in the Kanchanaburiprovince, using the Direct Steam Generation (DSG) technology specially developed to adapt to the Southeast Asian climate. COD is fixed for March 2011 but until now (January 2012) is still not on the grid

Solar Thermal Power Plant

Image: Thai Solar Energy

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www.dede.go.th

DEDE: Knowledge Base organisation

and sustainable development Centre of RE and EE