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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Vol. 30 No. 3 Jul.-Sep. 2005 720 The Role of Thai Energy Policy and Strategies in Sustainable Development The total installed generating capacity of Thailand as at the end of 2004 is 26,056 MW, 59% of which belongs to the EGAT Public Com- pany Limited (Formerly Electricity GeneratingAuthority of Thailand, or EGAT, which has been corporatized since 24 June 2005). The remainder is constituted by Independent Power Producers (IPPs), Small Power Pro- ducers (SPPs) and exchange/import from neighboring countries, account- Figure 2 Biodiesel Station ing for 31%, 8% and 2% respectively. The ratio of commercial primary energy import to the total demand in 2004 was 68%, increasing from 64% in 2003. The total value of Thailand’s energy import in 2004 was 536 bil- lion Baht (or almost 13.4 billion US $ ). Of this amount, 89%was spent on the import of crude oil and refined oil products. The total expenditure on energy of the country in 2004 amounted to 15.4% of the GDP. Demand, Production, (Net) Import of Primary Commercial Energy (a) Unit : ktoe 2003 2004 Change (%) Demand (b) 67,219 72,292 7.6 Production 33,382 33,695 1.0 (Net) Import 43,368 49,460 14.0 Import/total demand (%) 64.0 68.0 Economic Growth Rate (%)* 6.9 6.1 (*Source : NESDB) (a) Commercial primary energy comprises crude oil, natural gas, condensate, petroleum products, hydro- electricity and coal/lignite (b) Exclusive of stock change and non-energy use, i.e. use of asphalt, NGL, condensate, LPG and naphtha as feedstock in the petrochemical industry.