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The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT; (タイ語:การไฟฟ้าฝ่ายผลิตแห่งประเทศไทย)) is a state enterprise, managed by the Ministry of Energy, responsible for electric power generation and transmission as well as bulk electric energy sales in Thailand. EGAT is the largest power producer in Thailand, owning and operating power plants at 40 sites across the country with a total installed capacity of 15,010 MW. Its power generation plants consist of three thermal power plants, six combined cycle power plants, 22 hydropower plants, eight renewable energy plants, and a diesel power plant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.egat.co.th/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140&Itemid=178 )〕 As of April 2015, EGAT's power plants provided 44.4% of Thailand's electricity consumption. The remainder is provided by private producers and neighbouring countries. EGAT power plants are 34.51% fossil fuel-driven; 9.88% hydro-driven; and 0.01% driven by other renewable energy sources.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.egat.co.th/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=80&Itemid=116 )〕 As of April 2015, EGAT employed 22,915 persons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.egat.co.th/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=116 )〕 Most of EGAT's electricity is sold to the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, which supplies the Bangkok region, and the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), which supplies the rest of Thailand. EGAT continues to press forward on its plans to install coal-fired generating plants in spite of institutions such as the World Bank halting funding for new coal projects except in "rare circumstances". Rachel Kyte, the World Bank climate change envoy, said continued use of coal was exacting a heavy cost on some of the world's poorest countries, in local health impacts as well as climate change, which is imposing even graver consequences on the developing world. "In general globally we need to wean ourselves off coal,...There is a huge social cost to coal and a huge social cost to fossil fuels...if you want to be able to breathe clean air." EGAT "...has—in TV commercials—ridiculed renewable energy as expensive and insufficient to deal with rising electricity demand." A persistent criticism of EGAT is that it has paid scant attention to the demand side of the energy equation. Rather than build more carbon-powered plants, working to reduce demand and use existing supplies more efficiently has taken a back seat to network expansion. Opportunities for big savings exist: on 29 March 2014, Thailand observed "Earth Hour." For one hour, superfluous lighting was turned off, resulting in a savings of 1,778 megawatts, the energy equivalent of a new power plant, and more than six million baht in power bills. ==History== EGAT was established on 1 May 1969.〔http://www.egat.co.th/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140&Itemid=178〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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