Smart grids expected to herald winds of change in energy development

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Smart grids expected to herald winds of change in energy development

By THE NATION

 

Wattanapong Kurowat

 

A seminar on Wednesday (October 30) entitled “Smart Grid for the Future City”, educated people about the concept of smart power grids, which will support the electric power industry’s development, and help implement Thailand’s effective electricity generation plan.

 

The director-general of the Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) under the Ministry of Energy, Wattanapong Kurowat, said the aim was to produce more electricity while using less resources.

 

“In the future, renewable energy will be used to generate mainstream electricity in Thailand through development of the smart grid,” he explained.

 

“Besides, the Ministry of Energy has prepared a master plan for developing a smart grid network system between 2015 to 2036, aiming to push technology to be an important mechanism for creating a stable and sufficient electrical network system.”

 

This master plan was approved by the EPPO and the Cabinet in March, 2015. “It covers the overall smart grid development policy and structure in Thailand,” Wattanapong said. “It will allow the government agencies namely, Egat [Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand], PEA [Provincial Electricity Authority], and MEA [Metropolitan Electricity Authority], and relevant private sector to shape their direction of project development and future investment to meet the national policy and structure.”

 

“Moreover, the government aims to create a smart system, smart life and green society” said Wattanapong. “The first one will help reduce the backup power plant, power outage and electrical loss within the distribution system; smart life means modernisation and facilitation of people’s daily lives by future power technology; as for green society, we plan to increase the proportion of renewable energy in the electricity generating system by 15 per cent, and also aim to develop the micro grid system for stable power development in the local community.”

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377933

 

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[Assurancetourix]

Thailand , Land Of Smart .............something 

[Cadbury]

The usual masterly collection of government buzzwords. They just love talking about their futuristic 15 to 20 year plans.

These plans will almost certainly will go straight out the window with the next coup and then they have to go back to square one with a new military leader bully who knows nought about anything except how to push people around.

Sorry if I am being cynical, I hope I am wrong. 

[Ralf61]

What else...

 

[phetphet]

1 hour ago, Assurancetourix said:

Thailand , Land Of Smart .............something 

Don't you mean "Hub of Smart"...?

[tjo o tjim]

About 10 years late. Now it is microgrids that are the craze.  Real-time pricing is the only “smart grid” concept that still seems relevant. 

[kwonitoy]

I'd settle for a reliable old fashioned "dumb" grid that doesn't go off when there is a cloud in the sky

[Assurancetourix]

14 hours ago, phetphet said:

Don't you mean "Hub of Smart"...?

LOS : I'm trying a pun on the acronym LOS