Thai vitality firm Gulf Energy Development introduced on Friday that it has launched an initiative with native telco AIS and the Highland Research and Development Institute (HRDI) to construct solar-powered infrastructure in Thailand’s distant mountainous areas. .
Under the “Green Energy, Green Network for THAIs” undertaking, Gulf, AIS and HRDI will ship photo voltaic power-generated electrical energy to underserved communities. The undertaking additionally contains the set up of solar-powered base stations to create telecommunication methods in areas and join them to digital platforms.
Gulf, AIS and HRDI have named the primary two communities focused by the undertaking: Ban Dok Mai Sod neighborhood and Moko Poke neighborhood in Mae Usu, a subdistrict of Tha Song Yang district in Tak province in decrease north Thailand. The undertaking can be progressively prolonged to different communities later, Gulf mentioned.
Gulf mentioned the first goal of the initiative is to bridge the digital and socioeconomic divide, enhance the standard of life and stimulate sustainable financial development in these communities.
AIS CEO Somchai Lertsuthiwong mentioned that the businesses will proceed to observe the modifications and progress of every neighborhood to judge the effectiveness of the undertaking in lowering social inequality, including that the habits varies based mostly on particular person neighborhood circumstances.
“For instance, the neighborhood of Moko Poke … could have alternatives to amass data within the manufacturing of espresso beans and enhance their advertising and marketing. This is consistent with the imaginative and prescient of the neighborhood leaders to switch confidence to the native financial system from corn farming to espresso bean planting,” he defined. “By introducing high-quality espresso beans to a wider market, the initiative goals to make sure a robust on and sustainable revenue stream for the neighborhood.”
According to Gulf COO Theerathiphisa Tawichpasoot, the “Green Energy, Green Network for THAIs” undertaking is an extension of an present undertaking launched by Gulf and its subsidiary Gulf1 final yr to carry clear vitality and connectivity to underserved communities. That initiative began with pilot tasks in Baan Huai Nam Sai (in Phitsanulok Province), Thung Nang Dam Island (in Phang Nga Province), Ban Mae To La (in Mae Hong Son Province), and Ban Phi Pan Nuea (in Chiang Mai Province). ), in addition to Baan Dok Mai Sod and Doi Moko Poke.
Friday’s announcement provides telecoms to the combo by bringing in AIS to increase the scope of the undertaking, he mentioned. “This collaboration goals to bridge the digital hole whereas concurrently offering clear vitality options.”
Chavalit Chookajorn, chairman of the board of administrators of HRDI – a public establishment that promotes socio-economic improvement within the mountainous areas of Thailand – added, “This undertaking additionally paves the best way for additional collaboration in areas resembling -health care, training, and vocational abilities improvement, in addition to product advertising and marketing, all goal to enhance the standard of life for these communities.
