Thailand has 196 power plants in this atlas, with 39,654 MW of reported capacity. The largest listed plant is Bang Pakong (4,384 MW, gas; current status unverified). By number of records the most common technologies are solar, gas and hydro. Grid operators listed here include EGAT. Electricity is regulated by ERC. Renewables supplied 14.8% of its electricity in 2024.
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.
Grid operators and electricity market in Thailand
Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators
Gas supplies most power, with imports from Laos hydro and growing solar.
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.
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.
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.
