A review of energy efficiency policy development and challenges for implementation in Thailand

Name: Suttikorn Chemhengcharoen

Organization : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment

Name: Bonnet, Sebastien

Organization : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment

Name: Puhl, Ingo

Organization : Ministry of Education. Centre for Energy Technology and Environment

keyword: Energy consumption

; Energy conservation

Abstract: In Thailand, the demand for energy has been increasing sharply over the past few decades. Fossil energy contributes the larget fraction of the overall energy used to satisfy the energy demand and more than half depends on energy imports. Hence energy security is an issue of increasing concern and since 1992 the Thai government has come up with a series of successive energy efficiency policy plans and programs to takle such a challenge. In this study, the development of energy efficiency policy in Thailand was reviewed and the challenges associated to its implementation in the industrial and building sectors investigated through a few case-studie. The review indicated that since the establishment of the ENCON in 1992, a series of energy efficiency policies and conservation and plans have been developed with a number of different organizations responsible for their development and implementation. The system appears to be quite complex overall and prone to changes. Regarding the implementation of energy efficiency and conservation measures, the investigations of the cases studies surveyed revealed that there is still a number of challenges and barries that need to be overcome. It was found that conservation measures in designated factories and building cannot be effective unless experts from relevant energy organisation are made available to provide advice and technical support, as well as follow-up services. The successful implementation of energy efficiency policy and conservation measures depends strongly on providing such support as it appears organizations are aware and willing to partipate in actions enabling to enhance the efficiency of their operations and conservation energy

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Created: 2014

Issued: 2016-04-26

Modified: 2559-04-29

BibliograpyCitation : Journal of Sustainable Energy & Environment vol. 5, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2014), p. 127-130

CallNumber: 12005737

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