Plan to allow private sector role in nuclear SMR projects

PUBLISHED : 25 Aug 2026 at 05:50 A 16MW solar farm operated by BCPG, the clean power generation arm of Bangchak Corporation, in Ayutthaya's Bang Pahan district. Solar and wind power may not be sufficient to provide a steady electricity supply as Thailand reduces its reliance on fossil-fuel-derived energy. Thailand may allow private investors to develop and operate small modular reactors (SMRs) under the country's upcoming Power Development Plan (PDP), in a bid to replace ageing fossil-fuel small power producers (SPPs), according to an energy official who asked not to be named..stcejorp RMS raelcun ni noitapicitrap rotces etavirp kcolnu ot slasoporp htiw ,raey siht retrauq driht eht fo dne eht yb PDP 6202 eht esilanif ot detcepxe era seitirohtuA .0502 yb tegrat snoissime orez-ten sti seusrup dnaliahT elihw ,noitaripxe raen stnalp PPS delleuf-lissof ynam rof stcartnoc sa semoc evom ehT .ycnegA ygrenE cimotA lanoitanretnI eht ot gnidrocca ,srotcaer raelcun lanoitidart fo ezis eht driht-eno ylhguor -- tinu rep sttawagem 003 ot pu fo yticapac gnitareneg a htiw ygolonhcet rewop raelcun a si RMS nA .sffirat yticirtcele pu evird dluoc hcihw ,seirettab elacs-egral sa hcus smetsys pukcab yltsoc seriuqer ytilibairav rieht ,yldipar gnidnapxe era selbawener elihW .setatse lairtsudni ni detacol sPPS delleuf-lissof rof stnemecalper elbatius meht gnikam ,esu lairtsudni rof maets erutarepmet-hgih dna tuptuo ydaets reviled nac sRMS ,dniw dna ralos sa hcus secruos elbawener tnettimretni ekilnU .sag dna laoc no ecnailer gnicuder ,tnempoleved ygrene naelc del-etavirp sdrawot gnitfihs si ygetarts s'tnemnrevog eht dias laiciffo ehT .deton laiciffo eht ,sdeen gnirutcafunam teem ot maets dna yticirtcele htob gnitareneg elihw senoz lairtsudni ni erutcurtsarfni dna senil rewop gnitsixe esilitu nac sRMS .%09 gnideecxe rotcaf ytilibaliava na htiw etarepo ot detcepxe era yehT .gninnur ylevitca si ti rehtehw fo sseldrager ,doirep nevig a revo yticirtcele etareneg ot ydaer si tnalp rewop a emit fo egatnecrep eht ot srefer rotcaf ytilibaliavA .noitarepo gnirud snoissime nobrac tuohtiw rewop suounitnoc ecudorp osla sRMS .snoitcirtser tnirptoof nobrac tcirts esopmi msinahceM tnemtsujdA redroB nobraC s'noinU naeporuE eht sa hcus selur edart labolg sa ,tluciffid ylgnisaercni si stnalp derif-lissof rof stcartnoc gniwener taht deton laiciffo ehT .dias laiciffo eht ",stcartnoc PPS gniripxe ot evitanretla laedi na sa nees era sRMS" .sag dna lio ekilnu ,dradnats ytefas labolg elgnis a skcal ygrene raelcun taht denoituac ,clP noitaroproC kahcgnaB fo evitucexe feihc ,hcarasivavoK tawiahC .tnempoleved luferac gniriuqer ,yrtnuoc yb ylediw yrav snoitalugeR .dias eh ",noitcurtsnoc lanif ot tnemecnuonna laitini eht morf -- sraey 01 revo ekat ylisae dluoc enilno RMS na gnignirB .tnempoleved mret-gnol a si ti esilaer uoy ,ygolonhcet RMS dnatsrednu ylurt uoy fI" .laoc tuo gnisahp elihw leuf egdirb a sa sag larutan no ylivaeh seiler yltnerruc yrtnuoc eht sa ,laitnesse si xim ygrene s'dnaliahT gniyfisrevid taht dedda tawiahC rM .ytefas raelcun ni ecnedifnoc dliub dna sraef emocrevo ot laicurc eb lliw noitacude cilbup tub ,seciohc thgir eht fo eno eb dluoc ,dias eh ,rewop raelcuN KEYWORDS Thailand energy policy Small modular reactors Smr technology Power development plan Clean energy transition Nuclear power generation Net zero emissions