Thailand's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft directive from the Ministry of Industry that would eliminate the need for factories to apply for permits to install solar rooftops to generate their own electricity, according to Thai media reports.
Previously, any company installing solar energy equipment with a capacity of 1MW on its rooftop had to obtain approval from the Ministry of Industry. The new directive will facilitate the use of clean energy in factories.
Allow enterprises to purchase electricity directly from power stations
In the middle of this year, Thailand relaxed restrictions to allow direct PPA power trading (up to a total of 2GW) between private companies and renewable energy producers.
This is a first for Thailand, which has a single-buyer system for its power system (power companies wanting to sell power produced from renewable sources must sell it to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand and the National Electricity Distribution Agency, which then distribute it through the grid).
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Thailand aims to achieve 51% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2037 and expects to grow its renewable energy capacity by 5.5 GW by 2030.
This is despite an earlier order by Thailand's Energy Minister Pirapan to delay the purchase of clean energy until his working committee completes its study of certain legal issues regarding the purchase of electricity.
On November 26, while chairing a meeting with the National Energy Policy Committee, the Prime Minister ordered the committee and the Ministry of Energy to accelerate implementation of projects to purchase clean energy from the private sector through direct power purchase agreements, adding 2,000 MW of clean energy to the grid.
On December 16, Thailand's Energy Regulatory Commissioner announced that 64 solar farms and 8 wind farms had been selected for approval to participate in the 2030 On December 16, Thailand's Energy Regulatory Commission announced that 64 solar farms and eight wind farms have been selected for approval to participate in the feed-in tariff program through 2030, and that the eight wind farms will generate 565.4 megawatts (MW) of electricity for the grid between 2028 and 2030. Meanwhile, 64 solar farms will generate 1,580 MW of electricity for the grid between 2026 and 2030.
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