Governance & Economic

Smart Energy

Following WHA Group's enthusiasm in innovative energy solutions, WHAUP continued its on-going cooperation under the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) for joint development of smart energy and microgrid system to reduce electricity cost and increase reliability within the industrial complex. The first project to reach implementation phase in 2021 is the Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading system which enables direct buying and selling of solar power between industrial users within the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate Complex via smart energy trading platform that uses block-chain technology. The system, once fully implemented, will pave way for at least additional 50 MW of solar power available for use within the industrial complex, enabling industrial users to save more than 25 Million Baht per year and achieve over 1,000,000 Tonnes of carbon reduction over the project life cycle.