One million farms to get solar panels
Farmers’ power bills will drop 30%
The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on Saturday unveiled plans to install solar panels in at least one million farms across the country to help reduce electricity bills for farmers by 30% in coming years.
Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Praphat Phothasuthon told the media that Thailand is facing an energy crisis along with many other countries as fuel prices rise.
Most fuel is imported from overseas for use in the agricultural, household and transport sectors among others.
The high fuel prices affect the cost of agricultural production, so the ministry entered talks with Capital Trust Group from New Zealand, which manages a Singaporean fund to carry out a study of energy use in Thai agriculture.
The ministry plans to…
