Global climate change: Implications for thailand's energy systems

Somthawin Patanavanich and Dhira Phantumvanit

Energy, 1991, vol. 16, issue 11, 1495-1501

Abstract: An energy/environmental model has been developed to estimate Thailand's energy consumption and CO2 emissions through the end of the National Tenth Plan (year 2011). The projection suggests that fossil-fuel consumption, not deforestation, will be the major source of emissions during 1990–2011. By the year 2011, energy-efficiency improvement measures could bring about a 14% reduction of CO2 emissions. Any reduction beyond this level would require switches of fuel mix in the power, transportation, and industrial sectors. Fuel shifts in the power sector alone could cut emissions by up to 20% to 30%. In the longer run, Thailand should consider adopting unconventional sources of energy, as well as make use of reforestation policy to absorb future CO2 emissions.

Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(91)90016-F

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