Surat Thani — Thailand

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).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

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

• Surat Thani Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · Surat Thani
• Surat Thani Green Energy Co. Ltd. · Biomass · 8.8 MW · Surat Thani
• Rajjaprabha · Hydro · 240 MW · Surat Thani
• Khanom · Gas · 970 MW · Surat Thani
• Nakhon Si Thammarat Solar Power Plant · Solar · 1 MW · Nakhon Si Thammarat
• Krabi coal power station · Coal · 870 MW · Krabi

Location

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

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