''The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has confirmed Thailand will have to build more coal-fired power plants to meet its energy needs since future supplies of natural gas are uncertain and renewable energy is expensive. Renewable energy such as hydroelectric power plants and solar cells were remarked to have unstable production capacities, are not commercially viable on an industrial scale and involve high investment costs. At present, 68% of  Thailand's electricity is produced from nat gas, 9% from coal, the rest from fossil fuels and renewable energy. Thailand's energy consumption grows at 3% p. a. and is estimated to reach 70685 MW in 2030. The plan is to reduce natgas consumption while increasing renewables by 2030. Read the original article at the Bangkok Post '' It is funny how Egat takes the press on a tour to a lignite-fired power plant in Berlin to sell them on ''great advances ......