Editing Thailand (section)

=== Energy ===
{{further|Energy in Thailand}}
75% of Thailand's electrical generation is powered by [[natural gas]] in 2014.<ref name="Energy 2013">{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=International Index of Energy Security Risk |url=http://www.energyxxi.org/sites/default/files/pdf/InternationalIndex-Final2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104014043/http://www.energyxxi.org/sites/default/files/pdf/InternationalIndex-Final2013.pdf |archive-date=4 January 2015 |access-date=14 September 2014 |website=Institute for 21st Century Energy}}</ref> Coal-fired power plants produce an additional 20% of electricity, with the remainder coming from biomass, hydro, and biogas.<ref name="Energy 2013" /> Compared to other ASEAN's countries, Thailand is the largest importer of gas in weight.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |date=November 2023 |title=ASEAN Oil and Gas Updates 2023 |url=https://aseanenergy.sharepoint.com/PublicationLibrary/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2FPublicationLibrary%2F2023%2F02%2E%20External%20Communications%2F04%2E%20Report%2FASEAN%20Oil%20and%20Gas%20Updates%202023%20%2Epdf&parent=%2FPublicationLibrary%2F2023%2F02%2E%20External%20Communications%2F04%2E%20Report&p=true&ga=1 |journal=ASEAN Centre for Energy}}</ref>{{Rp|page=17}} In 2022, Thailand's oil and gas production dropped by 19% and 17%, respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=December 2023 |title=Thailand energy report |url=https://www.enerdata.net/estore/country-profiles/thailand.html |journal=Enerdata |at=Energy Supply |url-access=limited |access-date=October 22, 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3" />{{Rp|page=8}}

The government, in 2018, has developed an Alternative Energy Development Plan 2018–2037 (AEDP 2018). The plan defines goals for the increase of renewable energy to almost 30,000 MW by 2037.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Alternative Energy Development Plan 2018–2037 |url=https://climate-laws.org/document/alternative-energy-development-plan-2018-2037_c79f |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Climate Change Laws of the World |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 2020 |title=Shifting to alternative energy |url=https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/th/pdf/2020/01/th-shifting-to-alternative-energy.pdf |journal=KPMG Phoomchai Audit Co. LTD.}}</ref>