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An assessment of Thailand's wind energy technological advances and industry directions Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG Department of Mechanical Engineering King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)

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Page 1: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

An assessment of Thailand's wind energy technological advances and industry directions

Presented at the 2nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy TechnologyGuangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009

Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONGDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringKing Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)

Page 2: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

Content

Thailand wind energy industry influencing factors

Two 1.25 MW wind turbines operation data

Wind energy technology research opportunities in Thailand

Page 3: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

Thailand wind energy industry development influencing factors

1. Market: demand and supply2. Economics3. Environmental and Social Concerns4. Government Policy

Source: Prospect of wind energy in Thailand, Ministry of Energy, Dr. C Munchareon [2006]

Page 4: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

EGAT remains the leader in market for wind energy

Power demand forecast

Power production in 2009 State owned facilities

47.5% Private sectors 47.3% Imported from

overseas 5.2%Source: Electricity Generation Authority of Thailand (EGAT) power development plan [2007]

Page 5: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

12-year power generation plan shows room for growth

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

30.15330.95832.4833.73936.199

38.75738.08240.034

42.2444.459

47.2248.84151.791

Imported from neighbouring countries

Private sector

EGAT

New projects

Total planned power produc-tion

Year

Gig

aw

att

s

41.0%

37.2%

42.5%

9.3%

5.2%

7.4%

47.3%

47.5%

51.6%

11.0%

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Large number of renewable energy project proposals

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

Proposed VSPP projects from WIND and SOLAR

Proposed VSPP projects from BIOGAS, BIOMASS and CO-GENERATION

Expected contri-bution from VSPP

Year

Meg

aw

att

s

* VSPP = Very Small Power Producers

Page 7: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

Economy of wind turbine operations in Thailand

Taken from Economic evaluation of wind project and

cost trend [by EGAT]

Page 8: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

EGAT power development plan 2007

Electrical Generation Authority of Thailand

Wind energy is ‘not reliable’ Wind energy production is not

included in the plan Wind energy is supported

Page 9: Presented at the 2 nd Thailand – China Symposium on Advances in Renewable Energy Technology Guangzhou, China, 15-17 December 2009 Chawin CHANTHARASENAWONG

Unreliable wind energy projects

Large number of wind energy project proposals exceeded EGAT planned allocation

Pending and new proposals are regulated 200 THB/kW* deposits are imposed

* Approximately 5.99 USD/kW or 38.31 RMB/kW

Source: Buying electricity from Small Power Producers, Nikom Warawat, EGAT [2009]

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Imported electrical power from neighbouring countries

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Government supports renewable energy project startups

Type of renewable energy Subsidy (THB/kW)

Contract period

Biomass [<= 1 MW] 0.50 7

Biomass [> 1 MW] 0.30 7

Small hydro power [50-200 kW] 0.80 n/a

Small hydro power [< 50 kW] 1.50 n/a

Wind energy [<= 50 kW] 4.50 10

Wind energy [> 50 kW] 3.50 10

Solar energy 8.00 10

Source: Buying electricity from Small Power Producers, Nikom Warawat, EGAT [2009]Quoted from EGAT announcement 04/05/2009 according to cabinet’s decision 24/03/2009

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Environment and social concerns

Source: Biofuel Development in Asia/Developing countries perspective

China

India

- Source domestically

- Utilize spare land

Agricultural Benefits

- Renewable

- Source domestically

Energy security

- Renewable

- Reduce GHGs

Environmental

Brazil

United states

West Europe

Comments

Biofules Market Drivers

Thailand

???

High Medium Low

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Wind turbine operation dataOperation data of two 1.25 MW wind turbine units at Lamtakong, Nakornrachasima

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Operating large wind turbines in Thailand

EGAT installed two 1.25 MW wind turbines at Lamtakong in March 2009

Located approximately 170 km North-East of Bangkok

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SEWIND - DEWIND D6

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Wind Rose at Lamtakong

20% 25%

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Wind class frequency distribution at Lamtakong

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Power production data at Lamtakong (turbine #1)

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Power production data at Lamtakong (turbine #2)

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1.25MW at wind speed 12.0m/s

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Technical development and research opportunitiesWind energy research cluster at KMUTT

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Research areas of interest

Low speed wind turbines

Large part of Thailand possesses an average wind speed of 5 m/s or below

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Research at KMUTT

3D wind speed simulation and wind turbine performance evaluation

Wind turbine location

60 m

90 mSource: Wind turbine potential site survey and evaluation, Provincial Electricity Authority, 2009

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Research at KMUTT

Counter rotating dual rotor horizontal axis wind turbine

Source: Chantharasenawong C., Suwantragul B., Ruangwiset A., Axial momentum theory for turbines with co-axial counter rotating rotors, Presented at the Commemorative international conference of the occasion of the 4th cycle anniversary of KMUTT Sustainable Development to Save the Earth: Technologies and Strategies Vision 2050: (SDSE2008), 7-9 April 2009

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Research at KMUTT

Flapwise dynamic aeroelastic analysis of horizontal axis wind turbine blade

Source: Courtesy of Aircraft Research Association Ltd, Manton Lane, Bedford, UK

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Research at KMUTT

Modular tubular tower for megawatt scale wind turbine

Source: North Star win turbine tower [http://www.northstarwindtowers.com]

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Thank you for your attentionQuestions and comments

Chawin [email protected]

http://me.eng.kmutt.ac.thhttp://DrChawin.com