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4.52. Other notified programmes [to the WTO] which were, or are being, implemented include: the livelihood-improvement and resilience-building programme for artisanal fisheries communities: from April to September 2019, the DOF provided grants to 65 artisanal fishing communities in the three southern coastal provinces, to help them manage, maintain, conserve, restore and sustain the utilization of fisheries resources, and to improve their livelihoods and quality of life; the microorganisms production centre programme: the DOF sought to promote the use of microorganisms (liquid and powder) for shrimp farmers, with a view to alleviating damage and loss from environmental degradation and disease problems (...)
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-4§56 |
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2020 |
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General environmental reference |
Energy |
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4.56. Other relevant institutions include: the Energy Conservation Promotion Fund (ENCON Fund) Committee, chaired by a deputy prime minister assigned by the Prime Minister, aimed at promoting energy conservation.
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
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Thailand |
2020 |
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General environmental reference |
Energy |
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4.57. The main laws regulating the energy sector include: (...) the Energy Conservation and Promotion Act (1992, amended in 2007) (...)
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-4§59 |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Energy |
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4.59. (...) the National Energy Reform Plan 2018 (...) issued in January 2018, intends to reform Thailand's energy production and consumption structures by promoting renewable energy and good governance in the energy sector. It complements the Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP 2015), and the Energy Efficiency Development Plan (EEDP 2011-30). [26]
[26] The AEDP (2015-36) aims to promote the use of renewable energy for power generation by 2036. The EEDP (2015-36) has a target of reducing energy intensity (i.e. the ratio of energy consumption to GDP) by 30% by 2036, compared to 2010, through energy-saving and efficiency programmes.
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-4§60 |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Other support measures |
Energy |
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4.60. The PDP 2018-37 was endorsed by both the NEPC and the CEPA in 2018. It focuses on: ensuring reliable power-generation capacity, via strengthening the provision of conventional power plants , securing purchasing from abroad, and increasing renewable power plants and energy conservation; (...) setting up public policy-promoted power plants based on renewable energies from community waste and biomass, building renewable power plants under the AEDP, and promoting power conservation under the EEDP.
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Conservation
Energy
Renewable
Waste
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-4§61 |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Tax concessions |
Energy |
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4.61. (...) In recent years, Thailand has been focusing on promoting the use of renewable energy, not only through incentives in the form of corporate income tax and import tariff exemption or reductions offered by the BOI (Section 3.3.1), but also through other incentive programmes
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-Table-4.8 |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Income or price support |
Energy |
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Table 4.8 Renewable energy incentives, 2019
Programme: Description
FIT for Renewable Energy (RE) programme; Very small power producers (VSPPs) of renewable energy are provided with per-kWh payments ("feed-in tariffs") above those paid to standard wholesale producers by the state-owned utilities companies (the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), and the Electric Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)). Rates vary according to the technology used: solar, biomass, wind, garbage, and hydro. (...)
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-Table-4.8 |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Energy |
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Table 4.8 Renewable energy incentives, 2019
Programme: Description
Community power plant programme; Approved by the NEPC on 11 September 2019, it aims to improve community sustainability by building power plants to generate electricity from local renewable feedstocks such as biomass and biogas.
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Renewable
Sustainable
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-Table-4.8 |
Thailand |
2020 |
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Other measures |
Energy |
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Table 4.8 Renewable energy incentives, 2019
Programme: Description
- Solar power projects for households programme; Approved by the NEPC on 19 March 2020, its main purpose is to encourage power generation from solar rooftops for self-consumption and sale of the excess electricity to the grid. (...)
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WT/TPR/S/400/REV.1 |
S-Table-4.8 |
Thailand |
2020 |
Sectors |
Grants and direct payments |
Energy |
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Table 4.8 Renewable energy incentives, 2019
Programme: Description
ENCON Fund; Established in 1992 under the ENCON Act B.E. 2535, the ENCON Fund aims to support projects to improve energy efficiency, promote renewable energy, and increase energy conservation. The Fund is managed by the ENCON Fund Committee. To apply for subsidies under the Fund, companies' businesses must be directly related to energy conservation or the correction of environmental problems arising from energy conservation (...)
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Environment
Renewable
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