Alternative energy: a Royal legacy we cannot afford to squander  
By Sasithorn Ongdee

 

BANGKOK: -- Initiated by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the national push for alternative energy must be maintained if we want it to meet one-third of the Kingdom’s total energy demands by 2036, as targeted.

 

Thanks to the King, we have a variety of alternative fuels – a blend of fossil fuel and sugarcane-derived ethanol – available these days.

Keokhwan Vajarodaya, former secretary general of the Bureau of the Royal Household, once noted that the King’s initiative on biomass fuel development began more than 50 years ago. Keokhwan, who played a role in that initiative, passed away in September.

He wrote that in 1961 the King predicted a surge in the oil price as car ownership grew.

Keokhwan was instructed to experiment to create fuels that made of petrol or diesel blended with ethanol – which eventually became known as gasohol and biodiesel.

Then came research on biomass fuel as part of a project conceived in 1985 at Chitralada Royal Villa.

 

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