SCI Annual Report 2015

Sci Electric Public Company Limited
The new power production capacity during the period from 2015-2036 is equal to 57,467 megawatt classified by the
category of power plants as follows:
Power Production Capacity
Megawatt
1. Renewable energy plants 12,250
2. Pumped-storage plants 2,101
3. Clean coal plants 7,365
4. Natural Gas Plants 17,478
5. Nuclear energy plants 2,000
6. Gas turbine plants 1,250
7. Cogeneration plants 4,052
8. Purchased from foreign country 11,016
Total 57,467
Based on the present Power Production Capacity Development Plan, related organizations and business enterprises eventually
map out their plans to procure power energy and increase their power production capacity in order to back up the
growing needs of the power energy consequently resulting in the power production industry to expand; power plant development,
the needs of high voltage stations, transmission cables, high voltage towers and general steel fabrications for substations
to substantially increase. From 2012 to 2014, length of the transmission cables and number of high voltage stations in the
country had a trend of an increase all along in accordance with the needs of power and the more increasing power productions.
At present, EGAT is under the process of the transmission cable system development in Northeastern Region to be the size
of 500 kV from the original size of 230 kV in 3 Projects; to wit; 1) Transmission cables to back up Xayaboury Project, 2) Transmission
cables to back up Nam Ngum Project, 3) Transmission cables to link up Eastern Seaboard with Lower Northeastern Region where
the construction of which is expected to gradually complete during the period of 2018 and 2019 and that the power of 2,000
megawatt can be additional received. All constructions will be complete approximately 2024. For the reason that EGAT’s
responsible areas (throughout the country except Bangkok and its perimeter) are beyond the capability of the transmission
cables to take power from renewable energy which would be only 2,000 megawatt within 2018, the additional investment is
therefore necessarily possible. In this connection, the draft of PDP 2015 contains the plan on the electrical system infrastructure
investments in which the transmission and power distribution system to back up ASEAN Economic Community or AEC and
Greater Mekong Sub-region as well as Smart Grid Network in order that the power management can be more efficiently handled
will be developed and ready to take the renewable energy at higher proportion.
Source: Ministry of Energy, Krungthep Turakij newspaper, Prachachart Thurakit newspaper.
Renewable Energy Power Plant Industry Situation
Renewable energy power plant industry situation of Lao PDR in relation to renewable energy are from many origins of
energy such as solar cell energy, wind energy, hydropower energy, biomass, biogas and garbage, etc. Such origins of energy
have caused the rising of the power plants from producing organizations and the consumptions of consumer origins differently
in Lao PDR. In this respect, the power has not yet been thoroughly expanded to household consumer origins while the production
origins in Lao PDR have produced the power for distributions to foreign countries, as well. Because of the reason that the origins
to cause the rising of power energy in Lao PDR, most of the investors have still foreseen that the investments in such part are
still potentially worthwhile due to the reason that the sources of resources for use in the productions are still abundant.
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