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    Thai environment, energy, safety issues

    Boom for Pattaya hotels but bust for the environment?

    By khunwilko, Created on: 23/09/2017, Last updated on: 23/09/2017

    » The EEC is coming - it is going to affect YOU! It is going to bring major industrial developments to the 3 Changwats of Chonburi Chachoengsao and Rayong... are you prepared? Industry in the region is set to expand massively. Infrastructure is also picking up. Roads, Rail, Air, Hotels (e.g. - new...

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    Thai environment, energy, safety issues

    Solar Power

    By Anonymous, Created on: 29/03/2005, Last updated on: 31/03/2015

    » I dont understand why Thailand is not using the sun which is there 365 days/year. Can anybody tell me ? I am in the process of building a house but when it comes to solar energy i might have to import myself to only then be confronted with a high import tax on such products. And that while closing...

    • Anonymous commented : Thank you so much for the information will check the site ASAP. Off the grid house is ok but will the grid accept access power produced? And will this be subject to remuneration? This I think would encourage new users to switch or co-use alternative energy sources. My house has to be 100% self supporting, with all the necessary connections in case a failure might happen. So we are not only talking solar power, but also helping the climate control by using mother earth and its natural ability to cool, this would give a temperature difference of ten degrees, with the help of heat exchangers. The old architecture should be reinstated since that makes use of naturally occurring draft. Insulation of the whole house, including double glazing, from roof to ground floor slap, which keeps out the heat produced by sunshine and therefore reflecting back to the on the roof installed water heating system which is also using sunshine to bring the water temperature to a nice and comfortable level. This is already done and promoted by a firm vested in Pattaya under the name of A.R.C. the webpage can be found at www.arcaircon.com. Maybe there are more companies out there but this is the one I know so far going the extra mile with regard to energy saving. The house will have a cellar to store the required water tanks and batteries in a cool place if I can not feed excess power into the national grid. Further more a cellar has other good usage possibilities and all will be in a fairly cool environment. The water system will be split a.) Either a well (if possible) or water from the grid for the shower and kitchen needs b.) Rain water and/or the previously mentioned water after use for shower or washing to be used for toilet flushing with some moderate filtration first. Most probably the house will be one of a few I am afraid but I sincerely hope it might trigger some (re)thinking about natural sources / resources and the old way of doing things combined with new technology. And why all this you might ask well for one to be independent from anybody whether it’s the power supplier or water supplier. At the moment the price to be paid for energy in Thailand is not very expensive but when the first power cuts occur and the new need for power stations are budgeted then I think the same will happen as is ongoing with petrol prices at the moment. And my experience has learned me that prices go up easily but they are very hard to be brought down again and this will be explained to use as being in maintenance costs for the elder power stations the cost of maintaining the grid the higher building cost for new power stations etc etc etc. And I think Thailand will have to spend a large sum in the not so far future to re-cable the grid since the current situation is not only ugly but it is also getting dangerous.

    • rickyward commented : Here in Chiang Mai there is a condo building boom just like Pattaya but while all the flat roofs could be covered with solar panels but there are none. Why is this so? The answer is like that to the question of why so much farmland goes unproductive and farmers feel forced to clear forest to make a living or go overseas to work. Yes, the ultra rich have cornered the market for solar panels and have laws in place to exclude others. This was the information supplied to a recent forum in Chiang Mai about damming the Mekong to supply electricity for the Thai EGAT grid by former senator and environment campaigner Kraisak Choonhavan. He told us that for a building ( other than a small house I suspect ) to install solar panels it must first be registered as a factory, a process which takes many months. Little wonder hotels and condos do not bother, but also it is clear that factories do not as well. So write to Mr Prayuth, I suggest ,and insist he open the field up and remove import duties while he is about it.

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