Presented by Ms. Ajarin Pattanapanchai, at the conference "Spotlight on ASEAN" on March 3, 2016 at Globe 2016 Expo in Vancouver, Canada

1. Thailand Board of Investment
March 2016
Thailand : Green Technology
Investment

2. Outline
New Investment Promotion Strategy
Investment Promotion for Renewable Energy &
Bio Polymer
Measure for Energy & Environment Improvement
Policies to support Green Industry

3. Group Example Activities
A1
8-year CIT
exemption with
no ceiling
• Production of electricity or electricity and steam from garbage or
refuse derived fuel
• Energy Service Company (ESCO)
A2
8-year CIT
exemption
• Production of electricity or electricity and steam from renewable
energy, such as solar energy, wind energy, biomass or biogas
• Manufacture of fuel from agricultural, waste or garbage
• Manufacture of Bio-plastics
A3
5-year CIT
exemption
• Industrial estate for environmental protection
• Manufacture of biological fertilizers, organic fertilizers, and
bio-pesticides
A4
3-year CIT
exemption
• Manufacture of products from agricultural by-products or
agricultural waste
• Manufacture of Recycled Fiber
BOI Incentives for Green Investment (1/2)

4. Thailand’s Renewable Energy Outlook
E L E C T R I C I T Y F U E L H E A T I N G
Source: Stakeholder Workshop on RE Energy and Experience Sharing by DEDE as of October 10,2012

5. Thailand Alternative Energy Development Plan
Committed to the development
of low-carbon society
Government
Funding
On R & D
Activities
Encouraging
Private-Led
Investment
Alternative Energy Development Plan
(AEDP: 2012-2021), Revision 2013
Target 25 % of RE in Total Energy Consumption
By 2021
New type of energy
Tidal Wave Geothermal
2MW 1MW
3MW*
Solar Wind
3,000 1,800
MW MW
4,800MW
Small
Hydropower
324 MW
Bio energy
Biomass Biogas Solid waste
4,800
MW
3,600MW 400MW
8,800MW
Bio fuel
Ethanol Bio-diesel
New Energy
Replacing gas
Compressed
Bio-methane
Gas
9ML/d** 7.20ML/d 3ML/d 1,200 tons
Source: Ministry of Energy as of Aug 19, 2013 *Megawatt (million watt) **Million litres/day
• Future change of “Adder” to Feed-in-tariff (FiT) policy
• BOI Tax incentives scheme
• Some direct subsidy (10-30%) on Biogas and Solar-hotwater projects
• ESCO Revolving Fund (April 2013-April 2015)
• Abundant Supply
• Market driven
• Pricing Strategy to
promote high-RE-Fuels
(E10,E20,E85 and B5)
Supporting
scheme
RE Target for Total Power Generation: 13,927 MW in 2021
(Data as of Aug 19, 2013)

6. BOI Promoted Renewable Power Plants
Fuel
Approved Operated
No
Capacity
(MW)
No
Capacity
(MW)
Waste
(MSW & Non Hazardous
Industrial Waste )
18 235 - -
Biomass 200 2,816 39 517
Biogas 200 593 41 114
Solar Farm 363 2,119 54 179
Solar Rooftop 153 83 1 0.2
Wind 35 1,911 - -
Waste Heat 7 172 3 86
Total 976 7,929 138 896.2
as of Dec 2015

7. THAILAND: Bio-Industrial Hub in Asia
Short Term
• Improve cultural
practices to
increase yield
• Transfer
appropriate
technology to
farmers
• Compounding
technology
• Conversion
technology
Medium-Long
Term
• Invest in R&D
and more
collaboration
(PPP)
Bio-based
Industrial Hub
• Strategic partners
both R&D and
investment
• Market growth-
size study and
creation
Source: TBIA as of Apr 2, 2014

8. BOI Promoted Bio-Plastics
Product Capacity
(Tons)
Investment ( Mill US $)
Lactic Acid 349,000 330.0
Lactic Acid Dimer 104,000 90.0
Polylactic Acid (PLA) 75,000 150.9
Bio Succinic Acid (BSA) 34,000 90.5
Bio Butanediol (Bio-BDO) 45,000 101.5
Polybutylene Succinate (PBS) 60,000 247.0
รวม 667,000 1,009.9

9. Measures for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Improvement
• Encourage existing factories to upgrade for energy
conservation, alternative energy utilization or reduction
of environmental impact
• Project must complete implementation within 3 years
** The application must be submitted within 2017 **

10. 10
BOI Promoted in Measure for Energy Efficiency and Environmental
Improvement (2007-2015)
Measures BOI Promoted
Project
Promoted results
No. Investment
( Mill US$)
Energy
Conservation
75 480.0 The energy conservation can reduce
to 620 million US$
Alternative
energy utilization
38 181.1 The alternative energy such as solar
energy, wind energy, biomass or
biogas to replace the use of fossil
energy
Reduction of
environmental
impact
56 1,235.0 - NOx Loading reduce 75.0 g/s
- SOx Loading reduce 30.4 g/s
- VOCs Loading reduce 25.8 g/s
- Waste water reduce 350,000 m3
Total 169 1,896.1

11. Financial support
Green Industry
Set Target & Quota
Industrial Policy
R&D Support
Thailand Policies to Support Green Industry

12. 12
EMS for
SMEs
Public
relation
MoU
signed
Networking
ES for SE
Clean
Technology
Green
Productivity
GHG
Reduction
Lean Mfg
ISO 14001
Environmental
and Safety
Awards
Green
Labelling
11,769 3,477 2,657 51 5
5 Steps Process Development
Number of Green Industry registered in Thailand

13. Office of the Board of Investment
555 Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
Tel. 0-2553-8111 Fax. 0-2553-8222
e-mail : head@boi.go.th Website : www.boi.go.th