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4.62. In addition, Thailand notified a number of support measures to the WTO under Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, including those related to the energy sector:
- the programme encouraging the transformation of plastic waste into fuel oil: from 4 August 2015 to 3 August 2018, refineries that purchased fuel oil from plastic waste could submit requests for subsidies to the Excise Department, which forwarded them to the Energy Fund Administration Institute (EFAI).
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4.62. In addition, Thailand notified a number of support measures to the WTO under Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, including those related to the energy sector:
- (...) the low-interest loan and the Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund (EERF) programme in FY2016: (...) In FY 2016, 82 projects obtained a total of THB 1.22 billion in loans, resulting in an estimated energy saving of 7.3 kilotonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe); the low-interest loan and the Energy Service Company (ESCO) Revolving Fund programme in FY2016: the ESCO provides consultation services and advice on energy saving, and it may help factories design and implement energy-saving projects (...) In FY2016, 23 projects obtained loans worth THB 123 million via the programme, resulting in an estimated energy saving of 1.84 ktoe.
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4.62. In addition, Thailand notified a number of support measures to the WTO under Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, including those related to the energy sector:
- the investment promotion in solar-heated water programme: from 2008 to 2015, support was provided to encourage the use of solar-heated water, instead of water heated by electricity, with a view to promoting renewable energy to meet the target of the AEDP (...)
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4.62. In addition, Thailand notified a number of support measures to the WTO under Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, including those related to the energy sector:
- the investment promotion in solar greenhouse dryers in agriculture programme: (...) offered 40%-50% of the initial investment for the preparation, construction, and operation of solar greenhouse dryers for small-scale dried-food producers (...)
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4.62. In addition, Thailand notified a number of support measures to the WTO under Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, including those related to the energy sector:
- the financial subsidy to change industrial boilers from steam burners to biomass fuel burners programme: from 1 February 2016 to 31 July 2017, institutional and non-profit organizations obtained subsidies from the ENCON Fund, to cooperate with factory owners to change their boilers from steam burners to biomass fuel burners (...) 30% of this investment was paid by the ENCON Fund.
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4.62. In addition, Thailand notified a number of support measures to the WTO under Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994 and Article 25 of the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, including those related to the energy sector:
- the compressed bio-methane gas (CBG) promotion in biogas plants programme: from 1 October 2016 to 30 June 2017, the ENCON Fund provided support to biogas factory owners to produce at least 3 tonnes of CBG per day. (...)
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Thailand |
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4.63. In 2018, the EPPO proposed guidelines to promote the use of B20 high-speed diesel, with a view to meeting the AEDP target of increasing the share of alternative energy in total energy consumption to 30% by 2037: in 2019, this share was 16.49%. B20 is a type of biofuel blend consisting of up to 20% biodiesel and 80% petroleum diesel. (...)
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4.67. (...) Exports of all types of coal, except pulverized from Hongai Anthracite Coal, are subject to non automatic export licensing requirements; according to the authorities, this is to preserve exhaustible natural resources.
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4.75. Natural gas accounted for more than half of the fuel source for electricity generation (57.8% in 2019, down from 69.9% in 2015), while the share of renewable energy went up from 2.6% in 2015 to 10.4% in 2019.
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4.78. The Fund was set up under the Energy Industry Act B.E. 2550 (2007), with the following objectives: (...) to promote the use of renewable energy and technologies with low impact on the environment in electricity generation. (...)
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