Bangkok, EGAT joins hands with AIT and CSU to jointly study and develop low-cost and easily recyclable Edge Sealed Modules solar panels before preparing to install them to test their actual electricity generation efficiency in the Sirindhorn Dam reservoir in Ubon Ratchathani Province.
Mr. Tidet Iamsai, Deputy Governor for Power Plant Development and Renewable Energy, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), together with Prof. Nitin Tripathi, Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), and Prof. Kenneth F. Reardon, Vice Dean for Research, Walter Scott Jr. School of Engineering, Colorado State University (CSU), signed an online Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to study the potential of Edge Sealed Modules (ESM) solar panels in EGAT and AIT areas.
Mr. Tidet Eiamsai, Deputy Governor for Power Plant Development and Renewable Energy, EGAT, said that EGAT is accelerating the floating solar power plant project in conjunction with hydropower plants or the floating
solar cell project to increase the proportion of electricity generation from clean energy, aiming to meet the country’s Carbon Neutrality target. This collaboration between EGAT, AIT, and CSU is another important step in upgrading the electricity generation of EGAT’s floating solar cell project in dams to study and research the development of Edge Sealed Modules (ESM) solar cells, which have low production costs and are easily recyclable. EGAT will install ESM solar cells on floating buoys in the Sirindhorn Dam reservoir area in Ubon Ratchathani Province to test the efficiency of electricity generation in a real environment compared to the current solar cells, as well as seek opportunities for further commercial development together.
ESM solar panels are a breakthrough in solar technology that can be used in a variety of weather conditions and have a long lifespan, so they have a high potential to increase the efficiency and flexibility of solar power generation.
Source: Thai News Agency