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and developing solar oven to dry food and product.
The data collected from the pilot households shows
that the use fo LPG, charcoal, firewood and electricity
has significantly reduced.
Furthermore, the community energy development
plan also has co-benefit with society and community.
Community Energy Development Volunteer Network
of Tah Rab Sub-district and Ban Singha Sub-district
have exchanged ideas and knowledge as well as
discuss about obstacles to the plan in order to revise
their community energy plan. They also expand
the idea of community energy development to
Community’s Forest, Ratchaburi Province, which also
see the benefit of energy conservation. Community
Energy Development Volunteer Network of Tah Rab
Sub-district and Ban Singha Sub-district as well as pilot
households in 2012 have shared their experiencewith
the Community’s Forest so that each community
could develop their own plan to effectively manage
their energy usage.
Environmental Aspect
In 2013, the Company continued to pay attention
to carbon dioxide management to reduce climate
change. All of the Company’s power plants saw
the importance of international environmental
management standard, ISO 14001 to ensure that
all pollutant from fuel combustion for electricity
generation was within legal acceptable level (able to
degrade naturally without any harm to any life and
environment.) Under strict operation, all power plants
were able to control and manage their environment
quality to be better than the standard.
More importantly, all power plants have anenergy-
saving campaign to reduce electricity generation
that would create pollutant from fuel combustion.
Ratchaburi Power Plant, the Company’s main power
plant, have had energy-saving project since 2005 and
so far it has reduced electricity usage by 67,259,65
kilowatt-hour which could be calculated as 34,490
ton of carbon dioxide unreleased to the atmosphere.
Other than that, the Company increased its
investment in renewableenergyprojects as renewable
energy is clean does not create carbon dioxidewhich
has adverse effects to the environment, helps reduce
global warming effects, and most importantly, never
runs out. The use of renewable energy also helps to
conserve fossil fuel. The Company increases its goal
for renewable projects from 200 MW to 500 MW.
In 2013, the Company had total 156.45 MW installed
capacity in Thailand and other countries which can
reduce carbon dioxide by 230,855 ton per year.
The Company valued renewable energy projects
and classify it as one of the Company’s main
businesses. This does not only response to the
Company’s economical growth target, but it also
contributes to the Company’s goal for carbon dioxide
management. The Company plans to invest in more
renewable energy projects in Thailand and other
countries in the future.
In the regardof performanceoutsideof operational
process, the Company commits to supporting and
promoting forest conservation in order to maintain
natural source of carbon dioxide reduction. The
Company, in co-operation with Department of
Forestry, held Love the Forest and Community
Program for 6th consecutive years to promote
communities’ participation in forest conservation,
following the Department of Forestry’s guideline
for community’s forest. Community’s forest is the
Department of Forestry’s strategy to conserve area
for the country’s forest to remain at least 40 per cent
of all land. Love Forest and Community Programhas
had various activities, covering 109,792.16 rai, which
has capability to store carbon dioxide by the amount
2013 energy
usage
decreased
from 2012 by
approximately
14.98%
Tah Rab
Sub-district
2013 energy
usage
decreased
from 2012 by
approximately
7.75%
Ban Singha
Sub-district
