Retiring older power plants mulledEnergy authorities are planning to study the possibility of adopting an "early retirement" for ageing power plants that cannot efficiently supply power to the state grid in a bid to resolve the oversupply of national power reserves, says Kawin Thangsupanich, secretary to the energy minister. The idea is among proposals raised to revise the national power development plan (PDP) for 2018-37. The higher a power reserve's capacity, the more tariff is charged on power bills, creating a heftier burden for households. Opportunities for new power plants with better technologies will also be available to policymakers. Oversupply of the national power reserve is a big headache for authorities because several domestic gas-fired power plant projects and hydropower plant development projects in Laos are in the pipeline, with operation dates scheduled until 2025, said Mr Kawin.

Source: Bangkok Post November 06, 2020 22:30 UTC