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Is Thailand’s Power Grid a Gas Guzzler?

Last updated: 2024/11/15 at 11:52 AM
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Newly inaugurated energy plants close to the Gulf of Thailand are conspicuous customers within the floating marketplace for liquefied pure gasoline (LNG).

Situated close to the port of Map Ta Phut, the ability stations are designed to faucet into tanker-supplied LNG if home piped provides fall brief. The chilled gas is saved in cryogenic tanks on the delivery terminal, reheated, and distributed to the crops by way of a community of pipelines.

Thailand was Asia’s biggest LNG development hub between 2021 and 2023. The opening of a devoted liquefied gasoline terminal at Map Ta Phut helped the nation scale imports to unprecedented ranges through the COVID-19 pandemic. An inaugural shipment from Qatar was delivered in 2022. A yr later, the purchase of 11.5 million metric tonnes of LNG put Thailand within the “high 10 of super-chilled gas importers for the primary time.”

The LNG splurge proved to be costly.

The Electrical energy Producing Authority of Thailand, the state enterprise that manages the grid, is reportedly “shouldering an enormous monetary burden” after subsidizing electrical energy costs within the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. An power outlook report by the U.S.-based Institute for Power Economics and Monetary Evaluation indicated that Thailand was adopting a extra cautious strategy to LNG imports in 2024.

For many years, Thailand’s energy grid has relied on home gasoline reserves or pipeline imports from Myanmar for energy technology. About 53 p.c of the nation’s electrical energy comes from gas-fired crops. Diminishing returns from the gasoline fields and political instability throughout the border have been among the many components that pushed the federal government to import LNG from abroad suppliers.

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In Could, researchers on the Thailand Growth Analysis Institute warned that U.S. sanctions in opposition to Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gasoline enterprise which got here into impact in November 2023, may adversely have an effect on the availability of electrical energy in border provinces like Ratchaburi.

“Within the brief time period, there’s a urgent must speed up the event of extra LNG storage capability to deal with growing demand and to offer an emergency backup to take care of Thai power safety,” wrote the authors whereas additionally cautioning that “continued dependence on imported LNG could more and more develop into a legal responsibility.”

As a hedge in opposition to provide disruptions, state-owned power firm PTT entered into long-term contracts with main abroad suppliers together with Houston-based Cheniere Power. Beginning in 2026, Thailand will buy 1 million tons of LNG shipped from the corporate’s liquefaction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The CEO of PTT who oversaw the negotiations, known as liquefied gasoline a “main transition gas” that supplied “safety and sustainability.”

Nevertheless, the Biden administration introduced a brief pause on LNG export undertaking approvals in January 2024. Considerations about shortages resulting in increased power costs for U.S. customers and a debate over emissions prompted the transfer. Some U.S. scientists have argued that the liquefaction course of, which includes supercooling pure gasoline to minus 260 levels Fahrenheit for ease of transportation, carries a hidden environmental value. Sara Hastings-Simon, an environmental scientist on the College of Calgary told E&E Information that “the character of LNG is that it’s lower-emitting, nevertheless it’s not zero emissions.”

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Kurujit Nakornthap, a former everlasting secretary of the Thai Ministry of Power and an trade professional, called the U.S. motion “trigger for concern.” A Singapore-based trade group, the Asia Pure Gasoline & Power Affiliation, warned that the pause may have “a profound and long-term adverse influence on our area.”

The latest U.S. election signaled a return to a looser regulatory setting for the oil and gasoline trade. LNG corporations anticipate the short-term freeze on permits shall be lifted by the incoming Trump administration.

Earlier this yr, Thailand’s authorities contemplated easing again on LNG imports. The Gasoline Plan for 2024 advocated a pivot to low-cost home and regional producers. With looming clear power targets and a aim of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, renewables have gained traction, particularly purchases of hydropower from neighboring Laos.

Nevertheless, robust demand and decrease costs have preserved the established order. Thailand’s LNG imports in 2024 are more likely to exceed final yr’s document ranges.

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