Study says national power supply sufficient
EXPERTS CONTEND NO NEED TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM XAYABURI DAM
Thailand can meet its future energy needs without any additional hydropower imports or further investment in coal or nuclear energy, a new study shows.
The California-based environmental NGO International Rivers commissioned the study, which was conducted by energy researchers Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen and Chris Greacen and released yesterday. In it the authors say that Thailand does not need to purchase electricity from the controversial Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos to meet its domestic energy demands.
The authors analysed the government's current Power Development Plan (PDP 2010) and found that it overestimated power demand over the next 20 years by 13,200 megawatts.
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