Adoption of biomass for electricity generation in Thailand: Implications for energy security, employment, environment, and land use change

As countries implement renewable energy policies, it's important to understand the impacts of policies on sustainability. Population, economic and production changes affects in land use, water consumption emissions along with trade-offs for limited resources achieve food security. Thailand faces increasing electricity imports agricultural production, causing residue burning, a resource utilized generation. implemented policy another curb sugarcane burning addressing above challenges. The paper uses an extended input-output model Northeast these output, labor income, employment, etc. study concludes lead supplementary increase employment value added contributing towards achieving SDGs through security, climate action, decent work growth. At national level, is unable capture large potential biomass electricity, while no burn better able sustainability total use. potential. also sees use shifts from rice cane, which could cause security