Plan to expand alternative energy sources to get final hearing in August

By THE NATION

 

 

The Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency has drawn up Bt10 billion budget plan to support its projects during 2020-2024.

 

The department deputy director-general Yongyuth Sawatdisawanee said the projects will include preparing a revolving fund to promote energy conservation, actions to support the use of energy-saving machinery, the promotion of solar rooftops, and demonstration projects targeted to farmers showing how to use less energy.

 

The department will this month hold a fifth and final hearing into its draft plan for developing alternative energy from 2018-2037.

 

The plan aims to raise the ratio of electricity generated by alternative energy sources to 30 per cent of total produced energy, representing 29,358 contracted megawatts, within 2037.

 

The contribution from solar energy will be increased to 15,574 megawatts in that year.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30374593

 

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Make domestic solar cheaper & more easily available. Get a few thousand off the grid.

How about a govt subsidy for rural people to install solar panels on their homes

Environmental watchdog Greenpeace has called Thailand’s Power Development Plan 2018 (PDP) for 2019-2027 “sugar-coated” despite its embrace of more renewable energy, saying it still hinders efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. https://thailand.opendevelopmentmekong.net/tag/pdp/

It is well known that the history of the PDP plan of Thailand is not 20 years long as it is written. The fossil period of the fossil energy industry must be fought for the first 3 years because after that, a new PDP plan will be created as a whirlpool. Therefore, renewable energy and energy conservation in the "Hang Thawe" are difficult to enter the transmission system and cause fairness in real energy management. https://www.greenpeace.org/thailand/story/2758/thailand-power-development-plan-2018/

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For that kind of money they could get at least one nuclear power plant.... instead of contaminating the land with solar panels.

1 hour ago, SpaceKadet said:

For that kind of money they could get at least one nuclear power plant.... instead of contaminating the land with solar panels.

A nuclear plant in Thailand unless they get another country to build it maintain it and operate it the whole country will be glowing in the dark

1 hour ago, Fred white said:

A nuclear plant in Thailand unless they get another country to build it maintain it and operate it the whole country will be glowing in the dark

There has been one here for fifty years. Good attempt at a Thai bash though 4/10.

Sorry, spent all tax revenue on submarines, troop transport SUVs, and other essentials for the military. Don't you know there a deficit, so cannot waste money on roof thingies for Sun collection.

How about a govt subsidy for rural people to install solar panels on their homes