Thailand Coal Investment Human Cost of Coal Power Chariya Senpong Greenpeace Southeast Asia 19 November 2015 Chulalongkorn University

Topic 1.Thailand Coal Power Plants 2.Human Cost of Coal Power Plants

1.Thailand Coal Power Plants

5,630 MW Power plant nameCapacity, MW MAE MOH2400 BLCP1434 GHECO ONE700 GLOW SPP PHASE THA TOOM300 MUANG IRPC108 WANG SALA MILL60 AYUTHAYA MILL57 BANGKOK HSFC PLANT50 KAENG KHOI FACTORY17 BAN PONG SPI15 AMPHAR SAMPRAN15 BAN PONG SKI15 ELITE KRAFT FACTORY10 PRACHINBURI IPC10 PRACHIN BURI UTP8

Project nameStatus Sum of Capacity, MW Thap Sakae power stationAnnounced2800 Thepa power station*Announced2000 KRABI NEWPlanning800 Mae Moh power station Pre-permit development600 Chachoengsao NPS power station Pre-permit development600 PRACHIN BURI TCPPlanning20 Grand Total5020 *Not included in the impacts estimated in this report as the project had not been announced at the time of data collection for atmospheric modeling

2. Human Cost of Coal Power Plants

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The Government Regulation - Ministry of Resources and Environment Enforcement, on Air Pollution Control of New Coal Power Plants Emission imposes ambient air quality standard

Emission standards in Thailand allow new coal-fired power plants to emit up to and above ten times the amount of pollution allowed in the EU, China and the U.S. Unfortunately Thailand’s national air quality standards are also quite weak compared to the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO): the yearly standard for the most dangerous pollutant, PM2.5, is 25μg/m3 – 2.5 times as high as the WHO guideline. The daily standard, at 50μg/m3, is twice as high. Similarly, for PM10, the yearly standard in Thailand is 50μg/m3, against a WHO guideline of 20, and the daily standard is 120, compared to WHO guideline of 50 – yet official measurements compiled by WHO indicate that even the national standard is being violated in a number of cities. Thai legislation clearly protects polluters rather than the right to clean air.

THAILAND & COAL ? Thailand does not build any more coal-fired power plants, generate enough energy to keep Thailand powered and maintain an energy reserve standard of more than fifteen percent without coal Thailand needs to strengthen the monitoring and regulations on air pollutants from coal-fired power plants. The nation needs a Clean Air Act. the Ministry of Environment must manage the Environmental Impact Assessments; the Ministry of Health must manage the Health Impact Assessment for coal power plant projects and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security needs to take a more active role in building the health of the Thai people Thai government must put renewable energy targets into law