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The project is being initiated by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). The 800-megawatt coal-fired power plant is planned for Krabi's Nua Khlong district, while the [[Ban Klong Rua coal port]] would be established at Ban Klong Ruo.<ref name=pg/><ref name=bp>[http://www.bangkokpost.com/lite/topstories/445025/egat-says-more-coal-fired-power-plants-needed "Egat says more coal-fired power plants needed,"] Nov 24, 2014</ref> The Thailand Power Development Plan for 2015-2036 forecasts the power station would be completed in 2019.<ref>[http://www2.eppo.go.th/power/PDP2015/PDP2015_Eng.pdf "Thailand Power Development Plan, 2015-2036,"] Thailand Ministry of Energy, May 2015</ref>

According to a 2014 report by Greenpeace, the Ban Klong Ruo coal seaport project is a new plan by EGAT to find ways of transporting imported coal from Indonesia, Australia and Africa to its coal-fired power plant. Throughout the year, including the monsoon season, the unloading of coal from larger ships to smaller ones would take place at sea around Koh Lanta. The coal will be unloaded again at Ban Klong Ruo coal seaport to an 8.4 kilometre-long conveyer belt to deliver coal to the power plant.<ref name=pg>[http://www.phuketgazette.net/thailand-news/Phuket-Gazette-Thailand-News-Krabi-coal-plant-fight-heats-up-Senate-election-nears-Issara-assures-innocence/27796#sthash.IPBmqkaN.dpuf "Krabi coal plant fight heats up; Senate election nears,"] Phuket Gazette, March 10, 2014</ref>