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Egat starts operation of mini-hydropower plant

A 14-megawatt mini-hydropower plant in Uttaradit’s Pha Chuk sub-district.

State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has started operating its 10th mini-hydropower plant in Uttaradit as the country continues its effort to reduce power prices by adopting more renewable energy.

Thailand is trying to use more renewable energy, which is less expensive than the imported liquefied natural gas used for fuel in electricity generation.

A shift towards clean energy also helps the government in its quest to meet its carbon neutrality goal, a balance between carbon dioxide emissions and absorption.

Boonyanit Wongrukmit, governor of Egat, presided over the opening of the 14-megawatt plant, located in Pha Chuk sub-district…

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