Contribution project

Bringing renewable wnergy to the people of Thailand

Thailand, Nong Wang

ClimatePartner ID: 1211

Project details

Wind energyGet to know the project

A large share of Thailand’s electricity still comes from fossil fuels. In 2020 alone, natural gas accounted for over 60 percent of the country’s energy mix. Together with coal, fossil fuels make up nearly 85 percent of the energy supply. This harms the climate, creates dependence on imports – and drives up costs.

This is where the wind power project comes in: In the rural province of Nakhon Ratchasima, 45 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 2.3 MW, feed renewable electricity into the national grid. With a total installed capacity of 103.5 MW and an annual output of around 230 GWh, the project saves approximately 139,030 tons of CO₂ every year.

But the project delivers more than electricity. It creates jobs, boosts the local economy, and strengthens Thailand’s energy security. At the same time, it helps to significantly increase the share of renewable energy in the country.

Besides, this climate project brings several benefits to the local population and for the environment. A major focus is bringing more knowledge about clean energy and environmental topics to the local residents and students. For instance, through an organic farming project at a local school students learn about sustainable cultivation and nutrition by growing their own lunch ingredients.

139,035 t CO₂Estimated annual emissions reductions

Project Standard

The project contributes to the the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals

How wind energy contributes to climate action

As the name suggests, wind turbines use the power of the wind to generate energy. During this process, a generator located inside the wind turbine converts kinetic energy into electrical energy. As energy is still mainly generated from fossil fuels in many areas around the world, clean wind energy can replace some of this fossil, high-emission energy and verifiably save CO₂ emissions.

In most cases, the sustainably generated electricity from the wind power projects is fed into a regional power grid, which diversifies the power supply and improves energy security in regions that are frequently affected by power shortages and outages. A project often creates increased job opportunities for the local population and the area can be used for additional activities, such as agriculture. Wind power projects make an important contribution to a clean energy supply worldwide and contribute to sustainable development with respect to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Wind energy projects in the ClimatePartner portfolio are registered with international standards.

The project aims to contribute to these United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Project facts

Climate projects generally fall into one of three groups: carbon reduction, carbon removal, or carbon avoidance. Carbon reduction projects reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced by a specific activity (e.g., improved cookstoves). Carbon removal projects remove carbon from the atmosphere by sequestering it in carbon sinks (e.g., reforestation). Carbon avoidance projects avoid greenhouse gas emissions entering the atmosphere (e.g., protecting forests from deforestation with REDD+ projects).

All climate projects are based on international standards. They set processes and requirements which carbon projects must fulfill to be recognised as a proven method of reducing carbon emissions.

Climate projects demonstrably reduce, remove, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions. This is achieved with various technologies, ranging from nature-based solutions to social impact projects and renewable energies.

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Climate projects go through third-party validation and verification. Validation happens early in the project life cycle and ensures that the project design is in line with current processes and requirements. This phase often also involves field visits with on-site interviews and analyses. Auditors are accredited, impartial assessors who have to be approved as a validation and verification body (VVB) by the standards body.

This figure shows the estimated annual emission reductions calculated before the project started. The actual number of emissions saved in each monitoring period may differ. The background to this process is that in order to be registered as a climate project, the project operator must submit the calculation of the estimated emissions savings using the ex-ante methodology in a Project Design Document (PDD), which is similar to a business plan. This calculation is validated by an independent auditor. The values determined in the PDD are recalculated during regular monitoring periods based on actual project performance, documented in a monitoring report, and verified again by independent auditors at the end of the monitoring period to ensure a robust process. Independent verification thus provides ex-post verification of actual emission reductions. Verified emission reductions are not distributed until the savings have actually been made.

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