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Power plants in Thailand

196 power-plant records · 39,654 MW reported capacity

  • Solar 72%
  • Gas 17%
  • Hydro 5%
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Thailand at a glance

Power-plant records
196
Reported capacity
39,654 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
14.8%
Most records
Solar, Gas
Grid operator
EGAT
Capital
Bangkok

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Bang Pakong4,384 MW
  2. 2Ratchaburi (RATCHGEN)3,645 MW
  3. 3Mae Mah2,400 MW
  4. 4Wang Noi2,027 MW
  5. 5South Bangkok1,691 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Thailand

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Gas supplies most power, with imports from Laos hydro and growing solar.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • ERCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned EGAT runs transmission and buys power; MEA (Bangkok) and PEA distribute.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

  • ASEAN Power GridRegional grid

    Participant in the ASEAN Power Grid initiative, which is gradually linking Southeast Asian grids for cross-border trade.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Thailand generates electricity

Electricity generated199.5 TWh
Renewable share14.8%
Low-carbon share14.8%
Carbon intensity554.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro6.4 TWh
Wind3.4 TWh
Solar5.4 TWh
Bioenergy14.4 TWh
Other renewablesNo data
NuclearNo data
Coal33.3 TWh
Gas136.4 TWh
Other fossil0.28 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Thailand is in South-Eastern Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Bangkok
Languages
Thai
Region
South-Eastern Asia

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 196 records for Thailand. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

196 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

37 lack an owner/operator; 163 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Thailand

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Browse 196 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

Published selection: 12 records. JavaScript loads the full searchable inventory.

4,384 MW
Owner in source
Electric Generating Authority of Thailand
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
EGAT · historical recordDetails & map
2,400 MW
Owner in source
Electric Generating Authority of Thailand
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1995
Source status
Operating status unverified
EGAT · historical recordDetails & map
2,027 MW
Owner in source
Electric Generating Authority of Thailand
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
EGAT · historical recordDetails & map
1,691 MW
Owner in source
Electric Generating Authority of Thailand
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1971
Source status
Operating status unverified
EGAT · historical recordDetails & map
1,600 MW
Owner in source
J-Power
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2014
Source status
Operating status unverified
J-Power · historical recordDetails & map
1,468 MW
Owner in source
EGCO
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2008
Source status
Operating status unverified
EGCO · historical recordDetails & map
1,346 MW
Owner in source
EGCO
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2007
Source status
Operating status unverified
EGCO · historical recordDetails & map
1,232 MW
Owner in source
EGCO
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
1994
Source status
Operating status unverified
EGCO · historical recordDetails & map

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