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Thailand’s Regulatory Framework for Waste to Energy Projects
To encourage and promote the deployment of renewable energy, Thailand has established the Alternative Energy Development Plan: AEDP 2015 - 2036 (“AEDP 2015”) which sets out a policy to source 20 percent of net electrical energy demand from renewable sources by 2036 and sets a target of 500 megawatts capacity of generation from municipal solid waste (“MSW”). However, with the uptrend in renewable energy generation and consumption, the AEDP 2015 was updated in 2020 by the Alternative Energy Development Plan: AEDP 2018 - 2037 (“AEDP 2018”) to increase the share of renewable energy to 30 percent of net electrical energy demand from renewable sources by 2037 and add 400 megawatts to the targeted capacity for generation from MSW. Although waste…To read the full article, please see the PDF file
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Natural Resources & Energy Newsletter (May 26, 2021) (850 KB / 4 pages)
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