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Chavapol Akkaravoranun

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Chavapol joined Baker McKenzie in April 2007. He is currently active in the Banking & Finance Practice Group where he focuses on project development and project finance. He has been involved with numerous matters related to major projects, public private partnership projects and banking & finance, including providing legal advice and recommendations on laws and regulations pertaining to the development of power projects and infrastructure projects as well as the establishment of an infrastructure fund in Thailand.

After much buzz and anticipation in the Thai energy industry, the Energy Regulatory Commission has finally published (i) the official Regulations for Purchasing Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources under a Feed-in-Tariff Scheme between 2022-2030 for Power Plants with No Fuel Costs on 27 September 2022, and (ii) the official Invitation Notifications for Purchasing Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources under a Feed-in-Tariff Scheme between 2022-2030 for Power Plants with No Fuel Costs, specifying the bidding process and timeline of each type of renewable power plant on 30 September 2022. In keeping with Thailand’s commitment to increase renewable energy’s share in the country’s overall power mix to at least 50% by 2050 and achieve carbon neutrality and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and 2065, respectively, the government will be accepting bids in November to purchase power generated from renewable energy sources in the years between 2024 to 2030.