Collaboration of AIS, GULF, and the Highland Research and Development Institute for "Sustainable Energy Network for Thai People" at Thailand Research Symposium 2025
The "Green Energy Green Network for Thais" initiative, a joint venture between Advanced Info Service (AIS), GULF Energy Development, and the Highland Research and Development Institute (HRDI), is making significant strides in promoting sustainable and renewable energy solutions across Thailand.
### Impact and Goals
The primary objective of this initiative is to accelerate Thailand's energy transition towards clean, renewable sources, fostering a green energy ecosystem that benefits both society and the environment. By leveraging the expertise of a major telecommunications company, an energy leader, and a research institution, the project aims to integrate innovative energy solutions, including solar power and energy storage, in line with Thailand’s green energy roadmap.
The initiative also contributes to Thailand’s broader national goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions, enhancing grid resilience, and supporting sustainable community development through green infrastructure. It embodies public-private partnership principles, focusing on job creation, social inclusion, and local infrastructure improvements, consistent with the holistic approach needed for sustainable energy advancement in ASEAN.
### Social Return on Investment (SROI)
While specific SROI figures are not yet available, early results from the first two prototype villages reveal an SROI value of 2.37 THB from every 1 THB investment, translating into over 8.6 million baht in social value. This is attributed to reductions in carbon footprints, the provision of reliable and cleaner power infrastructure, and support for local economies through green technology jobs and innovation.
### Future Development Goals
The initiative plans to expand its renewable capacities, particularly in solar energy and energy storage, harnessing advances in battery technologies and policy incentives such as long-term feed-in tariffs and safety standard harmonization to ensure scalability and safety. The focus is also on strengthening grid resilience and system intelligence, integrating distributed generation and storage solutions to create a robust and smart energy network across Thailand.
The initiative aligns with Thailand’s government policy to boost green energy industries and infrastructure, including incentives for SMEs and international partnerships, thus embedding the initiative within the country’s broader BCG (Bio-Circular-Green) economic model and green stimulus programs. The campaign also promotes innovation and the adoption of new business models to accelerate net-zero goals, including green technology deployment in regional trade and smart infrastructure developments.
### Community Engagement
The campaign is designed to provide sustainable infrastructure and green technology to remote and rural villages in Thailand that lack digital access and basic infrastructure. Visitors at the Thailand Research Symposium were able to experience the project firsthand through an interactive booth featuring locally grown coffee beans, digital visitor e-books, and community representatives from participating villages.
The "Green Energy Green Network for Thais" initiative was recognised with an award from the National Research Council of Thailand for its first-year research, signifying the project's potential for making a significant impact in Thailand's sustainable energy landscape.
- The Green Energy Green Network for Thais initiative is aimed at enhancing Thailand's transition to clean, renewable energy, fostering a green energy ecosystem.
- The project leverages the expertise of AIS, GULF Energy Development, and HRDI to integrate innovative energy solutions like solar power and energy storage.
- The initiative supports Thailand’s goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions, enhancing grid resilience, and fostering sustainable community development through green infrastructure.
- The initiative embraces principles of public-private partnership, focusing on job creation, social inclusion, and local infrastructure improvements.
- Preliminary SROI figures show an SROI value of 2.37 THB for every 1 THB investment, with over 8.6 million baht in social value generated.
- As the initiative expands, it plans to increase renewable capacities, harnessing advancements in battery technologies and policy incentives.
- The focus is on strengthening grid resilience and system intelligence, integrating distributed generation and storage solutions for a smart energy network.
- The initiative aligns with Thailand’s government policy to boost green energy industries and infrastructure, including incentives for SMEs and international partnerships.
- The initiative embeds itself within the country’s broader BCG (Bio-Circular-Green) economic model and green stimulus programs.
- The campaign promotes innovation and the adoption of new business models to accelerate net-zero goals, including green technology deployment in regional trade and smart infrastructure developments.
- The initiative aims to provide sustainable infrastructure and green technology to remote and rural villages lacking digital access and basic infrastructure.
- Visitors at the Thailand Research Symposium were able to experience the project firsthand, showcasing locally grown coffee beans, digital visitor e-books, and community representatives from participating villages.
- The "Green Energy Green Network for Thais" initiative received an award from the National Research Council of Thailand for its first-year research, signifying its potential impact in Thailand's sustainable energy landscape.
- This initiative's progress in promoting sustainable and renewable energy solutions could potentially influence politics, healthcare, technology, finance, education, career development, lifestyle, business, and real-estate sectors, and even the broader climate-change discourse, as well as sports and sports-betting industries, weather patterns, culture, and the environment, ultimately impacting various aspects of personal-finance and wealth-management, home-and-garden industries, and skills-training in environmental-science and sustainable-living.
