{"title":"Reviewing and Comparing International Best Practices in Carbon Neutral Planning for Thailand Power Sector","authors":"Niphit Phothisourinh, J. Singh","doi":"10.1109/ICUE55325.2022.10113524","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the COP26 at Glasgow on 1st November 2021, the Prime Minister of Thailand announced to increase the NDC plan up to 40% from Business-as-Usual (BAU) to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 is an ambitious reduction target for this country. Therefore, this study aims to find the best practice in carbon-neutral planning for Thailand's power sector from international experiences through their communication of long-term strategy submissions. Fifteen countries are selected to be investigated and compared in their planning, specifically in the power sector. As a result, there are four key lessons from the reviewed countries. First, the decarbonization of electricity needs to be targeted by 2035 to support their carbon neutrality goal. Second, Renewable Energy (RE) needs to be set as the main power source in their power generation mix. Third, other sectors (e.g., transport, industrial and building) will be transformed by using electricity instead of fossil fuel. Forth, existing power plants with carbon capture storage (CCS) and other alternative technologies (e.g., energy storage, clean hydrogen, and smart grid) will be integrated to ensure energy security in the power system. Consequently, these key lessons will be adapted using SWOT analysis to propose Thailand's power sector pathway for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.","PeriodicalId":350012,"journal":{"name":"2022 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on Energy, Environment and Climate Change (ICUE)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2022 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on Energy, Environment and Climate Change (ICUE)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICUE55325.2022.10113524","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In the COP26 at Glasgow on 1st November 2021, the Prime Minister of Thailand announced to increase the NDC plan up to 40% from Business-as-Usual (BAU) to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 is an ambitious reduction target for this country. Therefore, this study aims to find the best practice in carbon-neutral planning for Thailand's power sector from international experiences through their communication of long-term strategy submissions. Fifteen countries are selected to be investigated and compared in their planning, specifically in the power sector. As a result, there are four key lessons from the reviewed countries. First, the decarbonization of electricity needs to be targeted by 2035 to support their carbon neutrality goal. Second, Renewable Energy (RE) needs to be set as the main power source in their power generation mix. Third, other sectors (e.g., transport, industrial and building) will be transformed by using electricity instead of fossil fuel. Forth, existing power plants with carbon capture storage (CCS) and other alternative technologies (e.g., energy storage, clean hydrogen, and smart grid) will be integrated to ensure energy security in the power system. Consequently, these key lessons will be adapted using SWOT analysis to propose Thailand's power sector pathway for achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.