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«“√ “√ √“™∫— ≥±‘ µ¬ ∂“π Chavalit Pichalai 131 ªï ∑’Ë ÛÚ ©∫— ∫∑’Ë Ò ¡.§.-¡’ .§. Úıı planned to increase oil palm plan- tation by 5 million rais 3 by 2009. Therefore, the current promotion of biodiesel utilization is focusing on small-scale or com- munity-scale demonstration pro- jects (100-200 litres/day), using oil palm, used-cooking oil and jatropha oil, to educate the public about the management and pro- duction process of biodiesel, which will create their confidence in biodiesel utilization. The imple- mentation now includes 11 pilot communities and will expand to 60 potential communities in vari- ous provinces within 2006. * Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV) To encourage the use of NGV, the retail price of NGV is initially set at 50% of the diesel retail price. However, the price adjustment may be required later to be 55% and 60% of gasoline 91 in the year 2007 and 2008 respec- tively. From 2009 onwards, the NGV price would be 65% of gaso- line 91. A total of 500,000 NGV- fueled vehicles is targeted by the year 2010, focusing on the public transport fleets, taxis and govern- ment car fleets. The development of NGV market requires simulta- neous development of infrastruc- ture, i.e. natural gas pipelines and natural gas service stations. The establishment of NGV stations will be speeded up from the current 60 stations (as of April 2006) to 740 stations by 2010. 6.2 The Use of New & Re- newable Energy in the Industrial Sector The use of renewable energy, especially biomass, is being promoted for heat genera- tion via the establishment of mini- mum efficiency of the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system, measures on biomass manage- ment in industrial factories, tax incentives for industries using biomass fuel, and legislative mea- sures on wastewater treatment and waste disposal. Natural gas will be pro- moted to replace the use of oil in the industrial sector, aiming to save expenditures on oil import, worth about 34 billion baht in 2006 and 80 billion baht in 2010. Expansion of the Gas District Cooling &Cogeneration to replace oil consumption in this sector will account for a saving of 3 billion baht in 2006 and 32 billion baht in 2010. 6.3 The Use of Renewable Energy for Power Generation Currently, natural gas is the major fuel used in power gen- eration. As of December 2005, natural gas accounted for 72% of the fuel used in this sector. Next to it was lignite & coal, holding a share of 15%. Others comprised fuel oil, hydro and imported elec- tricity from Lao PDR & exchange with Malaysia, accounting for 6%, 4% and 3% respectively. According to Thailand Power Development Plan 2004- 2015 (PDP 2004) developed by EGAT, 76% of the total power generation in 2010 will be from natural gas. If new power plants after 2011 use natural gas, its share in the fuel mix for power genera- tion will go up to 81% in 2015. If so, the power system security will be at risk. The government recog- nizes the risk due to over-depen- dency on natural gas and, therefore, sees it necessary to diversify the fuel types used for power genera- tion to ensure the power supply security. The government will encourage the Electricity Genera- tingAuthority of Thailand (EGAT) and new Independent Power Pro- ducers (IPPs) to use imported coal for power generation to be supplied to the grid after 2011 with the use of clean coal technology (CCT) to enhance the operating efficiency while reducing the environmental impact. Greater use of renewable energy for power generation will also be promoted. Focus is made on four domestic renewable energy sources, of which the potential is high, i.e., biomass/biogas and 3 1 rai = 0.16 hectare.