- Initiates solar panel installation at two schools near CKPower power plants and helps set up renewable energy funds to support long-term equipment maintenance
- Provides CKPower volunteers specialised in power generation engineering to share knowledge on renewables, natural resources and environmental conservation with 200 students and community members, in collaboration with the foundation’s Teachers for Change
CKPower Public Company Limited (SET: CKP), one of the region’s largest producers of electricity from renewables with one of the lowest carbon footprints, has joined forces with Teach For Thailand – the foundation, in the ‘Empowering Kids for a Sustainable World’ project, which imparts knowledge on clean energy to Thai youths. As part of the project, the company also took initiative to install solar panels for Udomseel Witthaya School in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya and Pak Thong Chai Chunhawan Wittayakhan School in Nakhon Ratchasima, both located near CKPower’s power plants. The solar panels will supply 18,700 watts of renewable-based electricity to the schools. The firm also helped the schools set up energy funds to ensure that they have the resources to maintain the equipment in the long term, serving as a role model in sustainably passing on knowledge and renewable energy projects to the community.
Mr. Thanawat Trivisvavet, Managing Director, CKPower Public Company Limited, said, “In collaboration with Teach For Thailand, we aim for the ‘Empowering Kids for a Sustainable World’ project to help promote knowledge on renewable energy among Thai youths and local communities. Under the project, we have installed solar panels to produce electricity from solar energy to operate water pumps for 25 rai of green areas at Udomseel Witthaya School in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, as well as installed rooftop solar panels to save money on electric bills for Pak Thong Chai Chunhawan Wittayakhan School in Nakhon Ratchasima. These solar panels will provide both schools with access to 18,700 watts of renewables-based electricity.
This equates to avoiding greenhouse gas emissions of 13,721 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent per year (or equivalent to planting 1,444 trees to absorb carbon dioxide). The two schools have also set up renewable energy funds, enabling students, teachers and the surrounding communities to acquire money to collaboratively maintain the solar panels. Additionally, our engineering experts are on-site to teach them how to correctly operate the systems to ensure long-term efficient service.”
“The ‘Empowering Kids for a Sustainable World’ project involves volunteers who are experts in power generation engineering, along with staff from various departments of CKPower and Teachers for Change from Teach For Thailand. Together, they are sharing knowledge about renewable energy, natural resources and environmental conservation, protection and rehabilitation to our renewable energy youth group, comprised of 236 primary and secondary students from the two schools. Our goal is to ensure the youngsters become knowledgeable and capable of sharing what they have learned across different generations of their schools and the surrounding communities. This effort aligns with our CSR Strategy Framework 2022 – 2026, which reflects our commitment to driving sustainability in social and environmental dimensions,” Mr. Thanawat added.
Mr. Suwat Leehame, Head of External Relations at Teach For Thailand, said, “Teach For Thailand is a foundation that focuses on improving the quality of life for schoolchildren while reducing educational inequalities in Thailand. The collaboration with CKPower provides us with a crucial advantage in producing our Teachers for Change. We used the know-how shared by CKPower’s volunteers, who prepared the schools’ renewable energy models and imparted knowledge on renewable energy and natural resources and environment conservation, protection and rehabilitation in the design of future courses and teaching methods across various subjects.”
“We at Teach For Thailand believe that by 2026, our continued collaboration with CKPower will enable us to produce 120 Teachers for Change and reach out to 100,000 underprivileged students in 175 schools across the country. Our Teachers for Change have worked together with stakeholders in the ecosystem surrounding the schoolchildren to bring positive change through their teaching and campaign to provide knowledge about renewable energy, as well as natural resources and environmental conservation, protection and rehabilitation for students, communities and society, fostering awareness and good quality of life as they turn know-how into real practice.” Mr. Suwat added.
