08 RENEWABLE ENERGY
Empowering the world compassionately Corporate Communications, B.Grimm B.Grimm Power’s goal is to enlarge the propor tion of clean power in its overall energy por tfolio, as par t of the effor t to reduce global warming and take care of the environment in a sustainable way Thailand has long been promoting and supporting energy development, especially in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Among the country’s leading players in renewable energy is B.Grimm Power, an energy company under the umbrella of B.Grimm, Thailand’s oldest German-Thai infrastructure developer founded in 1878. At present, the 143-year-old B.Grimm is a conglomerate active in building and industrial systems, health care, lifestyle, transportation, real estate, digital technologies and energy businesses. B.Grimm started its energy business in 1993 by pioneering Thailand’s emerging private power generation industry with B.Grimm Power as its investment arm. Today, B.Grimm Power, with the vision of “Empowering the World Compassionately”, is one of Kingdom’s leading industrial power producers, and has been focusing on cleaner energy production through its co-generation and renewable energy power plants. The company has been a listed public company limited since 2017. In view of global climate change, B.Grimm Power has expanded its renewable energy business and has already produced a notable
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amount of renewable energy (solar, hydro- and wind power plants) in Thailand and many different countries, including Vietnam, South Korea, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Laos. In 2019, B.Grimm Power successfully inaugurated the commercial operation of the largest solar power generation project in South-East Asia in Tay Ninh, south-west Vietnam. This year, the B.Grimm Power-Energy China consortium has brought a new era for renewable energy development in Thailand by successfully completing work at the world’s largest hydro-floating solar hybrid project at the Sirindhorn Dam for the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). The work includes the installation of seven sets of solar cell panels, buoys, a concrete underwater anchor system, and a switchgear building at the site in nor th-eastern Ubon Ratchathani province. The solar farm at Sirindhorn Dam covers a surface area of more than 450 rai (one rai = 1,600 m2) of the dam’s reservoir. The solar panels and related equipment are mounted on buoys made from High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) that is not harmful to aquatic animals or the environment. The solar panels used for the scheme are the double glass type and the system is moisture resistant, able to withstand water movement of the reservoir and a constant wind force.
