Our Service

1. Policy Advocacy
by studying policy-related problems of and barriers to the implementation of renewable energy projects in Thailand, compiling the approaches and measures used in other countries to promote the use of renewable energy, and recommending guidelines to improve related policies, rules and regulations; undertaking economic analysis of projects promoting the use of such fuel as biomass, biogas and renewable energy; undertaking social research to enable the co-existence of renewable energy projects with local communities; providing consultancy on project development under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); organizing seminars related to energy and electric power to disseminate information and exchange knowledge, views and experiences among stakeholders and interested groups; and organizing technical visits and study tours on such issues as power purchase from Small Power Producers (SPPs) and community-based energy management. In addition, E for E regularly follows up on government policies and supports the policy implementation by providing recommendation and/or participating as a working group member in concerned matters.

2. Technical Service Cell
by undertaking technical feasibility study of renewable energy projects; providing consultancy to solve technical problems of energy production systems using biomass and other types of renewable energy as fuel, including providing consultancy to domestic manufacturers of energy saving and renewable energy-related equipment/machinery regarding energy production systems as well as coordinating with overseas manufacturing companies to enhance the development and manufacturing of such equipment/machinery in Thailand; and organizing seminars and disseminating related knowledge via the E for E website on a continuous basis.

3. Financing Service Cell
by undertaking the study and preparing financial proposals of projects related to energy conservation, renewable energy and combined cycle power plants; giving advice on sources of fund, both domestic and overseas, to interested investors; providing consultancy on the preparation of such agreements as long-term fuel supply agreements and electricity sale agreements; following up on the performance of prototype power plants, in its capacity as the administrator of the Biomass Clearinghouse, to accredit the applications for risk guarantee financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF); and carrying out a feasibility study on the establishment of the Risk Guarantee Fund. So far, these services have been provided concurrently with technical service provision.

4. Information and Outreach Cell
by compiling information, data and technological information of various types of renewable energy, e.g. wind energy, solar energy and mini-hydropower, including collecting information and analyzing biomass potential in Thailand; establishing an alternative energy library as well as disseminating the information via such media as articles in printed matters and via the website, including training and seminars to create knowledge and understanding of the general public and interested groups about the use of biomass to produce energy and to reduce environmental impact. In addition, various community-relations activities are organized for people living in the vicinities of renewable energy projects.