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Get a quoteThailand may lack the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) necessary to navigate supply and demand challenges. The 2024 PDP draft included 10,000 MW of BESS,
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Get a quoteThailand''s 2024 plan increases renewable energy, highlighting crucial battery storage systems for buildings and power generation.
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Get a quotePumped-storage hydropower, or simply pumped hydro, is set to play an increasing role in Southeast Asia''s energy transition. This mature
Get a quoteThe Ministry of Energy and EGAT have reportedly been considering the impact of deploying additional pumped storage hydropower in order to improve grid flexibility.
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Get a quoteIn the first half of 2025, investment in key national energy projects – including offshore wind and grid upgrades – rose by 22% year-on-year, and new-type energy storage jumped 69%.
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Get a quoteLeveraging this hydro potential, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), a state-owned enterprise supervised by Thailand''s Ministry of Energy, explored
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Their total combined storage capacity was 994 MW. Interestingly, this allowed generators to sign semi-firm power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) with minimum availability guarantees. Many solar projects in Thailand have non-firm PPAs in place due to a lack of storage on site.
Thailand can manage its energy transition and solve the energy trilemma of sustainability, security and affordability by accelerating renewable power additions and grid capacity expansion, while limiting new thermal power capacity addition.
In April 2023, Thailand awarded project rights for 1GW of solar capacity paired with one-to-four-hour storage. However, only 0.3GW has been commissioned to date. While the draft PDP2024 has ambitious battery capacity targets, Thailand has not clarified the mechanism to support deployment of renewable-plus-storage.
It would also need to scale the programs to expand in tandem with the growth of its renewable energy market. According to the Ministry of Energy, Thailand has a power capacity reserve margin of 50%, significantly higher than the recommended reserve margin of 15-20%.
This is partly due to a lack of clarity on how battery storage fits into existing electricity infrastructure. In 2022, the Thai government approved 24 BESS projects, all of which were located alongside solar operations. Their total combined storage capacity was 994 MW.
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