Just Energy Transitions

Thailand

To understand the projected impacts to the biofuel industry (such as jobs and revenue losses) of scaling up EVs, the Advanced Energy Partnership for Asia and Thailand's Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE) worked together to perform an impact analysis using the International Jobs and Economic Development Impact (I-JEDI) tool.

The objective of NREL's engagement with DEDE was to support the development of this tool module and build DEDE's capacity to independently conduct further studies. This model will help DEDE estimate impacts on the biofuels industry and thus design EV deployment policies that consider just transition considerations for affected workers or economic activities. Also, by working closely with DEDE throughout this process, this project builds technical knowledge and capacity within the organization to expand the use of the model into other industries, or design new models.