Promoting Community Renewable Energy as a tool for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas of Thailand

Chatchawan Chaichana, Wongkot Wongsapai, Det Damrongsak, Keiichi N. Ishihara, Nilubon Luangchosiri · 2017 · Energy Procedia

Summary. Thailand's Ministry of Energy promoted 26 community renewable energy projects across rural areas, primarily using biogas and solar thermal systems. These projects involved 1,638 households and generated 845 kW of thermal energy and 86 kW of electricity. Projects cost an average of 1.3 million Thai baht with 60% government co-investment, producing combined annual savings or income of 5.53 million baht while supporting environmental protection.

Read the original

Cite this article

Chaichana, C., Wongsapai, W., Damrongsak, D., Ishihara, K. N., & Luangchosiri, N.. (2017). Promoting Community Renewable Energy as a tool for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas of Thailand. Energy Procedia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.022

@article{chaichana-2017-promoting-community-renewable-energy-tool,
  title   = {Promoting Community Renewable Energy as a tool for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas of Thailand},
  author  = {Chatchawan Chaichana and Wongkot Wongsapai and Det Damrongsak and Keiichi N. Ishihara and Nilubon Luangchosiri},
  journal = {Energy Procedia},
  year    = {2017},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.022},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.022}
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Promoting Community Renewable Energy as a tool for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas of Thailand
AU  - Chatchawan Chaichana
AU  - Wongkot Wongsapai
AU  - Det Damrongsak
AU  - Keiichi N. Ishihara
AU  - Nilubon Luangchosiri
JO  - Energy Procedia
PY  - 2017
DO  - 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.022
ER  -

Details

DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.11.022
Countries: Thailand
Regions: Asia
Categories: energy, regional-innovation-systems
Added: 2026-04-28