http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/04/06...ss_30031236.php

Campaign aimed at saving energy

The Energy Conservation Promotion Fund has set aside a budget of Bt3.347 billion this year to fund an alternative-fuel development and energy-saving campaign, in response to the upward trend in global energy prices.

Chavalit Pichalai, deputy director-general of the Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo), said Bt1 billion would be loaned to alternative-fuel and recyclable-energy projects at low interest rates.

About Bt300 million is for research and about Bt2 billion is to support other projects, including biomass, wind power and other clean energy.

The fund aims to boost the proportion of alternative energy to 4.7 per cent this year from 3 per cent last year. The energy saved is equivalent to 25,700 tonnes of crude oil.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/04/06...ss_30031236.php

Campaign aimed at saving energy

The Energy Conservation Promotion Fund has set aside a budget of Bt3.347 billion this year to fund an alternative-fuel development and energy-saving campaign, in response to the upward trend in global energy prices.

Chavalit Pichalai, deputy director-general of the Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo), said Bt1 billion would be loaned to alternative-fuel and recyclable-energy projects at low interest rates.

About Bt300 million is for research and about Bt2 billion is to support other projects, including biomass, wind power and other clean energy.

The fund aims to boost the proportion of alternative energy to 4.7 per cent this year from 3 per cent last year. The energy saved is equivalent to 25,700 tonnes of crude oil.

Hi TG, it's a step in the right direction but IMHO it will only snowball when Thailand stops getting its oil so cheap.