The Thepha coal power plant project is a plan to increase the proportion of electricity produced by coal. To respond the electricity demand of the country and strengthen the stability of the electric power in the south of Thailand. There are two power plants with a capacity of 1,100 megawatts. It will start producing electricity for the first time at 1,100 megawatts in 2021. And it will start producing electricity for the second time 1,100 megawatts in 2024. The total is 2,200 megawatts.
Anti-coal in Thailand no happy ending
The Thailand Power Development Plan 2015-2036 (PDP2015) of the Ministry of Energy. Focus on creating energy security and electricity. By distributing fuel to electricity, reduce the use of natural gas, increase the proportion of electricity produced by clean coal technology. And they found Southern Thailand is vulnerable to problems of inadequate electricity and the demand for electricity increased. This is why the power plants in Southern Thailand are being added between 2019-2024.