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Surat Thani — Thailand

Gas power plant in Surat Thani, Thailand. Approximate location 9.0723, 99.2418.

GasSurat ThaniThailandCCGT · HRSGAnnounced

Surat Thani is a 244 MW gas power station in Surat Thani, Thailand. It ranks #52 of 238 Thailand power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 65.5% of Thailand's electricity; the national grid averages 546 gCO₂/kWh (16.6% low-carbon) (2025).

244MW installed capacity
2HRSG unit(s)
2001Announced

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000166.

Data status

Known data

FacilitySurat Thani WRI
CountryThailand · Surat Thani WRI
Coordinates9.0723, 99.2418 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity244 MW WRI GPPD; source record
OwnerElectric Generating Authority of Thailand WRI
Commissioned2001 WRI
TechnologyCCGT · HRSG WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#52 / 238 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#33 / 61 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.95× · 256 MW · n=61 calculated
Climate27.3°C · HDD 0 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 42/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 244 MW, Surat Thani is around the median gas plant in Thailand (256 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #33 largest gas power plant of 61 in Thailand by capacity.

Thailand has 61 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 42,069 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 9.0723, 99.2418 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Surat Thani?

Surat Thani is a 244 MW gas power plant in Surat Thani, Thailand, Announced 2001.

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