| Author | Kishore, Prahlad |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no.EB-18-03 |
| Subject(s) | Biomass--Economic aspects--Thailand
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| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration in Energy Business, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Research studies project report ; no. EB-18-03 |
| Abstract | Biomass has the potential to become one of the major global primary energy sources in the coming years, and modern biomass energy systems are expected to be one of the major contributors to future sustainable energy systems. With developing countries like Thailand having abundant biomass resources, it can act as a major contributor towards its energy requirement. Thailand’s plan for biomass energy development seemed right on the path of the way it was planned but due to a combination of lot of factors the growth of biomass power plant business in Thailandslowed down from the past few years. If the slowdown continues then Thailand wouldn’t be able to meet its biomass power plant planned capacity of 5770 MW by year 2036. Henceforth it is worth analyzing and finding out the major barriers which have slowed down the trend and find ways to remove those barriers.The study aims at analyzing the trend of biomass power plant business in Thailand and to find out the major barriers and their relative importance in the context of meeting the targets set in Alternative Energy Development plan of Thailand. To find out the major barriers first the important stakeholders were identified and people from various stakeholder groups were interviewed to list down the major barrier. In the second round of interviews each person was asked to rate the barriers according to their relative importance. To find out the major barriers the scores given by each stakeholder was grouped and an average of the scores was taken to come on a conclusion so as to find out the relative importance of each barrier. In addition to this the method of interviews was more qualitative than quantitative so as to gain more insights into the barriers from every stakeholder’s perspective. The results from this study has shown that the major barriers to biomass power plants in Thailand are in relation to policy makers, project developers and feedstock supplier’s perspective with an ever changing political scenario leading up to frequent changes in policy, long period of return on investment for feedstock supplier, competition from other renewable energy technologies, total demand of electricity slowing down and future plan of country’s energy demand being the most prominent barriers. |
| Year | 2018 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. EB-18-03 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) + School of Management (SOM) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Business (Business Administration) (EB) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dhakal, Shobhakar; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Salam, P. Abdul;Badir, Yusore F. M.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Research Studies Project Report (M.B.A.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 |