The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in Loei has launched into a mission to relocate electrical transformers underground within the tourist-heavy Chiang Khan district. The initiative goals to prevent hearth hazards in the district, which is understood for its century-old picket houses.
Komkrit Siriyutthaseanyakorn, who heads the native workplace of the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning, stated that the elimination of transformers from concrete energy poles would additionally improve the stability of the ability supply and tidy up the panorama by eliminating seen power cables.
Chiang Khan, located adjoining to the Mekong River within the northeastern province, attracts between four and 5 million tourists yearly, generating over a billion baht in tourism-related earnings.
Praphan Srinuan, Deputy Governor of the Council of Engineers Thailand, reported that the PEA has surveyed the world and drawn up designs for the underground transformers alongside the popular Chiang Khan Walking Street. The ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations and the Engineering Institute of Thailand have suggested transforming Chiang Khan into the first smart city with low-carbon underground transformers.
Siriwit Pornpanwatcharadech, Deputy Director of the transmission system design division at the state utility, revealed that the PEA will utilise a transformer mannequin developed by Chulalongkorn University. He expressed confidence that by minimising the danger of fires in picket homes, safety for residents, tourists, and PEA staff shall be almost assured.
He also projected that this may increase local tourism and enterprise activities, scale back carbon emissions, and increase usable green house.
Recalling In record time of an analogous transfer within the Siam Square area, Sombat Vanichprapa, a advisor to the Chula Smart City challenge, stated that putting transformers and energy cables underground had considerably improved safety for pedestrians and made Bangkok’s city centre a most well-liked destination for vacationers.
The underground transformer mannequin, which makes use of a low-carbon submersible transformer, obtained recognition on the 2023 Thailand Energy Awards and the 2023 ASEAN Energy Awards, stories Bangkok Post..