Indonesian situation is special, natural resources of its terrestrial heat is very substantial. According to conservative estimation, indonesian can develop resource of the heat of the earth's interior to amount to 20 million kilowatt, and at present only about 4% get using. It is reported, in north this Sumatra province builds power station of the heat of the earth's interior to share 3, the first power station general at next year start working, built 2009 and put into production. String 7
[another report] the pressure that to alleviate natural gas price rises ceaselessly, thailand government has made make a decision, replace natural gas to solve prospective home to generate electricity with coal problem.
String 3
Replace peak of the sources of energy to be able to announce data to show according to Thailand, at present the 60% above of Thailand electric power come from natural gas to generate electricity, and specific gravity will rise to 75% . And in recent years natural gas price rises in price along with oil, depend on natural gas overly from this and bring about electrovalency house not to fall high.
String 8
Coal regards electric power as fuel is actualer choice. The data shows, at present the whole world the electric power of 40% originates coal, its price compares price of oil natural gas all the time low. And Thailand industry public figure thinks, although the initial stage of coal fired power plant builds charge to light gas power plant than construction,want tall, but the price of coal is lower however. String 2
As we have learned, this Thailand makes afore-mentioned move, another serious consideration is, coal natural resources of the whole world also is abounded quite relatively, will calculate with current production and consumptive rate, still can develop again use 200 years. And those who be like clean coal technology is extensive use, solve coal greatly the tall pollution problem to the environment, solved the trouble back at home of people from certain level. String 4