Social and Community Care
Impact on Business
Challenges and Opportunities
The evolving energy landscape presents both challenges and opportunities for CKPower. These challenges include technological access inequality, economic fluctuations, environmental disruptions, and changing regulatory landscapes with a growing emphasis on climate change. Additionally, the rapid dissemination of information has heightened societal expectations, requiring CKPower to engage in proactive and transparent communication with stakeholders.
As a leader in renewable energy production, CKPower prioritizes creating inclusive engagement processes that actively involve communities and stakeholders. By fostering open dialogue and actively listening to feedback, the Company effectively addresses misconceptions and swiftly resolves potential issues, thus maintaining trust and positive relationships.
Additionally, CKPower also sees significant opportunities to contribute to sustainable economic and social development through its energy expertise and continuous knowledge development. By fostering a collaborative network with all sectors the Company aims to elevate community well-being, promote self-reliance, and generate shared value. This approach supports sustainability for both communities and CKPower, positioning the Company as a catalyst for community development while ensuring stable and sustainable business growth.
Commitment
CKPower is firmly committed to conducting its business with integrity and responsibility towards communities and society. The Company strives to create long-term value for its stakeholders by promoting inclusive growth, reducing inequalities, and ensuring no one is left behind. This commitment aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and is guided by CKPower’s social stewardship policies and strategies, which emphasize sustainable social and community care.
CKPower focuses on creating measurable social impacts to ensure its community development initiatives are effective and aligned with its business direction.
By leveraging its renewable energy expertise, CKPower supports community development projects, fostering active engagement between the Company, employees, and communities. This collaborative approach facilitates knowledge sharing and creates shared value, ultimately enhancing the quality of life for local communities. CKPower believes that this commitment will lead to meaningful, positive changes that benefit both communities and the Company, ensuring long-term mutual sustainability.
Operational Guidline
CKPower has developed a comprehensive community engagement and development policy, supported by social and environmental practices that guide its business activities toward the sustainable development. These initiatives aim to enhance the well-being of communities, society, and vulnerable groups. The Sustainability Working Team oversees the implementation of these policies, setting long-term and short-term objectives, establishing key performance indicators, and developing actionable plans that align with CKPower’s sustainability strategy
These initiatives are designed to achieve tangible results in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The Company regularly monitors, evaluates, and reviews performance to ensure continuous improvement and sustainable community relations. By integrating its business expertise into community and social care processes, CKPower effectively fosters sustainability across all dimensions, reinforcing its role as a responsible corporate citizen and a leader in renewable energy production
Strategy and Roadmap
CKPower places great importance on social and community care throughout every step of its business operations, aiming to foster trust and demonstrate transparency across all areas of operation, from pre-construction site surveys to power plant construction and ongoing commercial operations. This commitment to transparency is demonstrated through comprehensive site surveys that seek to understand the traditional way of life and overall quality of life in communities surrounding the power plants. These surveys assess the economic, environmental, social, and human rights dimensions while also gathering community members’ opinions, concerns, needs, and levels of satisfaction.
CKPower actively collaborates with local residents to identify potential impacts and jointly plan Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities or projects. These initiatives are tailored to address specific community needs, enhancing the quality of life for communities around power plants, providing access to renewable energy solutions that meet community needs, offering educational support to foster lifelong learning, supporting community career development to generate additional income, and developing public amenities and infrastructure to improve community well-being. Through these initiatives, CKPower strives to address community expectations and concerns, seamlessly integrating them into its operations. This approach leverages CKPower’s clean energy engineering capabilities to create sustainable social value while strengthening community trust and engagement . To effectively implement its strategy and create long-term social value, CKPower employs the 3Cs Principle:
Competency: Enhancing clean energy engineering competency
Co-Creation: Delivering clean energy to co-create value for society
Cooperation: Fostering cooperation with employees, communities, and network partners
Under the 3Cs principle, CKPower carries out community engagement projects compatible with the local way of life through the “Competency – Co-Creation – Cooperation – Connection” strategies. In essence, CKPower uses its capabilities to empower communities, society, and stakeholders (Competency), advances ideas, innovations, and processes towards sustainability (Co-Creation), fosters employee and stakeholder participation (Cooperation), and collaborates with its network partners for sustainable development (Connection)
Resettlement and Relocation
The Company prioritizes its accountability to communities affected by operations of its power plants, such as the Xayaburi Power Plant in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. The Company has undertaken support and assistance efforts for over 663 affected households originally located on either side of the Mekong riverbanks through resettlement, relocation, and quality of life improvement programs in accordance with the National Economic and Social Development Policy of Lao PDR. In addition, the Company has engaged in efforts to support and develop small communities scattered in remote areas by encouraging the formation of larger communities and facilitating exponential development in basic infrastructure and utilities, such as electricity, running water, and transport routes, in order to elevate quality of life in a sustainable way in accordance with the Urban and Economic Development Strategy of Lao PDR. These efforts are intended to complement the nation’s industrial development and promote sustainable economic growth, with the goal of increasing income and quality of life in 2023, as measured by a target annual household income of no less than 1,800 USD, or 15 million kip.
Community Engagement
CKPower places high importance on community engagement to foster confidence and demonstrate its transparency in every community across 100% of its areas of operation before and during power plant construction and during commercial operation. The Company conducts site surveys to understand the traditional way of life and the quality of life in communities around the power plants across economic environmental, social, and human rights dimensions as well as carries out surveys on their problems, needs, and satisfaction and works with local residents to identify impacts and initiate CSR activities/projects to address their expectations and concerns that can be integrated in accordance with CKPower’s clean energy engineering capabilities in order to create social value.
According to the community surveys conducted thus far, no community is affected by the Company’s operations. CKPower had also been carrying out at least one community engagement annually, in which it holds an opinion panel with local residents to monitor potential negative impacts of its operations on the communities, survey their opinions on their problems, needs, and satisfaction, as well as jointly identify impacts with the locals, in line with ISO 26000 and CSR-DIW standards. All complaints received through this process are recorded, examined, and addressed promptly in line with ISO 14001.
Community Complaints Process
CKPower actively listens and responds to complaints from community members through a structured investigation process that complies with ISO 14001:2015 standards, ensuring that all complaints are reviewed and appropriately addressed. Additionally, the Company conducts regular site visits and and engages in open discussions with local communities to gather feedback, recommendations, and concerns, fostering transparent and constructive communication.
- Complaint Reception
- Community members submit complaints through established channels.
- CKPower logs complaints into the system in compliance with ISO 14001:2015.
- Investigation
- Evaluate complaints to determine impact levels.
- Collaborate with relevant departments for fact-finding.
- Response
- Keep the community informed of progress and remedialactions.
- Implement prompt solutions to address complaints.
- Communities Engagment
- Conduct at least one on-site visit and community engagement annually.
- Collect additional feedback, recommendations, and concerns.
- Project Development
- Utilize complaint data to develop community activities and projects.
- Design projects that meet community needs within CKPower’s operational framework.
- Outcome Review
- Follow up with communities regarding complaints and problem resolution.
- Report on performance and complaints annually
In 2024, community engagement confirmed that no complaints were raised regarding immigration, violation of the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities, social and human rights issues, or environmental concerns. Furthermore, there were no unresolved complaints from previous engagements. The outcome demonstrates CKPower’s commitment to complying with applicable standards and fostering trust in communities surrounding its operating sites.
CSR Strategies
CKPower has formulated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies that align with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) to create a positive impact and improving the quality of life of communities, society, and vulnerable groups effectively and sustainably. The strategies emphasize the development of innovation that empower communities in various fields while delivering longterm social value. To guide its CSR initiatives, CKPower has outlined a strategic direction for social and community care over a five-year period from 2022 to 2026, focusing on sustainable project development that addresses community needs and contributes to social well-being. To ensure operational efficiency and effectively meet the needs of communities and society, CKPower follows three core principles of social and community care:
Core Principles of Social and Community Care
Quality of Life: Improving access to renewable energy for a better quality of life.
Natural Resources and Environment: Conserving, protecting, and restoring natural resources and the environment sustainably
Job Security: Driving innovations and creating opportunities for community career development.
These principles form the foundation of CKPower’s Framework for Social Value Creation, ensuring that CSR initiatives generate meaningful and lasting social impact.
CKPower’s Framework for Social Value Creation
| CKPower’s CSR Strategy Framework for Social Value Creation | ||
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| Mission To generate the optimal, stable and fair return to stakeholders and to be responsible for environment, community and all stakeholders. |
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| Hinghoi: Renewable electricity for better quality of life | ||
   Key FocusImproving access to renewable energy for a better quality of life. |
Initiatives
Clean electricity for communities
Clean water for communities
Clean Electricity Teacher for Change
Discovering the World of Renewable Energy
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Outcome in 2026
Children and communities have access to 150,000 watts of renewable energy, in accordance with their specific needs.
Education and awareness raising programs on renewable energy are provided for 20,000 children and youth.
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| Hinghoi: Preserving and restoring natural resources | ||
   Key FocusConserving, protecting, and restoring natural resources and the environment sustainably. |
Initiatives
Waste to
Value 
Grow Together
(โตไปด้วยกัน) 
Green
Power Plant |
Outcome in 2026
Natural resource and environmental protection education and awareness raising programs are provided for10,000 employees , Children and youth and communities.
Conservation, protection and restoration of terrestrial forest and green areas are expanded by 80 rais.
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| Hinghoi: Co-creating innovations to enhance opportunities for communities | ||
 Key FocusFurther enhancing innovations and creating opportunities for occupation development for communities |
Initiatives
OPOP (One Power
Plant One Product) 
Development of innovations to create job opportunities, improve products, and increase income for local communities.
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Outcome in 2026
3 community products are developed.
An additional income of 1,300,000 bahtis generated for communities.
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Long-term targets, 2024 targets, and 2024 achievements
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Social and Community Care
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| Long-term Targets | |||
| Unresolved complaints |
Zero
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| 2024 Targets | 2024 Achievements | ||
| Unresolved complaints |
Zero
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Zero
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| The satisfaction rate among communities regarding the CSR activities |
>90.0% |
>95.5% |
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| SDGs |        |
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| Social and Community Care | |||
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Hinghoi:
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| Long-term Targets | |||
| Renewable energy for enhancing the quality of life in communities |
150,000
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| Renewable energy knowledge |
20,000
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| Renewable energy learning centers |
30
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| 2024 Targets | 2024 Achievements | ||
| Renewable energy for enhancing the quality of life in communities |
90,000
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100,330
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| Renewable energy knowledge |
8,342
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9,513
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| Renewable energy learning centers |
17
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25
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| Social and Community Care | |||
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Hinghoi: Preserving
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| Long-term Targets | |||
| Knowledge about the conservation of natural resources and the environmen |
10,000
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| Conservation and restoration of natural resources and the environment |
80
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| 2024 Targets | 2024 Achievements | ||
| Knowledge about the conservation of natural resources and the environment |
5,250
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4,377
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| Conservation and restoration of natural resources and the environment |
38
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11:06
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Hinghoi: Co-creating innovations to
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| Long-term Targets | |||
| Development of community products |
3
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| Increase income for communities |
1,300,000
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| 2024 Targets | 2024 Achievements | ||
| Development of community products |
1
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3
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| Increase income for communities |
400,000
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844,350
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Performance
| 2024 Performance | ||||||||
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| CKPower actively drives CSR projects that deliver measurable positive impacts and adhere to sustainable development practices, with a focus on enhancing access to renewable energy, conserving natural resources, and promoting economic development within communities. |
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| Project driver Hinghoi: Renewable electricity for better quality of life |
Project driver Hinghoi: Preserving and restoring natural resources |
Project driver Hinghoi: Co-creating innovations to enhance opportunities for communities |
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Key Focus
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Key Focus
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Key Focus
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Improving access to renewable energy for a better quality of life.
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Conserving, protecting, and restoring natural resources and the environment sustainably
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Further enhancing innovations and creating opportunities of occupation development for communities.
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Initiatives
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Initiatives
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Initiatives
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Cumulative Outcomes (2022-2024)
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Cumulative Outcomes (2022-2024)
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Cumulative Outcomes (2022-2024)
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| Renewable energy for enhancing the quality of life in communities |
100,330
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Plant a tree conservation and restoration of natural resources and the environment |
11.06
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Contemporary woven textile products, developed through careful selection: Laptop bags Additional community income generated |
470,000
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| Renewable energy knowledge |
9,513
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Knowledge about the conservation of natural resources and the environment |
4,377
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Contemporary woven textile products, developed through careful selection: Utility bags: Additional community income generated |
372,470
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| Renewable energy learning centers |
25
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Innovative solar-powered irrigation system for hydroponic vegetable production. Additional income generated for school cooperatives |
1,880
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Quality of Life Enhancement in Communities and Society
Recognizing the importance of improving societal and community well-being as a cornerstone for economic advancement and sustainable growth, CKPower strives to foster employee engagement in CSR projects and activities at creating positive impacts on both local communities surrounding its power plants and the broader society.
In 2024, CKPower implemented 95 community and social development projects, covering the following key areas:
- Renewable energy education to promote lifelong learning, particularly for children and youth
- Conservation, protection, and restoration of natural resources and the environment to strengthen ecological balance and mitigate climate change impacts
- Promotion of local traditions and culture to preserve community social identity
- Public health promotion to enhance the quality of life for local residents
- Development of community well-being, focusing on the elderly and disabled, to create an equitable and inclusive society
CKPower remains committed to developing projects that support United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and create tangible results to ensure communities can achieve stable growth alongside the Company.
| 2024 Performance | ||
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| CSR Projects/Activities | Number of projects |
Million baht |
| 1. Hinghoi: Renewable electricity for better quality of life | 18 | 18.85 |
| 2. Hinghoi: Preserving and restoring natural resources | 3 | 0.27 |
| 3. Hinghoi: Co-creating innovations to enhance opportunities for communities | 4 | 0.47 |
| 4. Support for improved quality of life in communities | ||
| • Promoting the quality of life of the community/elderly/disabled | 8 | 0.77 |
| • Education | 12 | 0.70 |
| • Public health | 6 | 3.86 |
| • Culture, traditions, and religion | 27 | 3.16 |
| • Public infrastructures | 12 | 0.31 |
| • Biodiversity | 1 | 0.10 |
| 5. Natural disaster relief | 1 | 0.50 |
| 6. Community relations and philanthropy | 3 | 0.18 |
| Total | 95 | 29.17 |
2024 Performance
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people, (cumulative)
communities (cumulative)
watts, (cumulative)
kgCO2 e/ year, (cumulative)
hours
people, (cumulative)
networks, (cumulative)
centers, (cumulative)
structures, (cumulative)
million baht, (cumulative)
Projects Highlights in 2024
Hinghoi Project: The Key Driver of Sustainable Development
CKPower's commitment to social responsibility and sustainable growth is exemplified through the Hinghoi Project, a key driver of sustainability that integrates economic, social, and environmental dimensions. This initiative leverages personnel expertise and community collaboration to address local needs sustainably, starting with community lifestyle surveys and co-creating innovative solutions with community members and network partners to ensure alignment with local priorities.
The Hinghoi Project, which forms the cornerstone of CKPower’s efforts to raise awareness, develop knowledge, and deploy innovative technology in communities, is implemented through three core pillars:
- Hinghoi: Renewable electricity for better quality of life
- Hinghoi : Preserving and restoring natural resources
- Hinghoi : Co-creating innovations to enhance opportunities for communities
In 2024, CKPower implemented various key projects under these guidelines, focusing on clean energy access and sustainable social development
Hinghoi : Renewable electricity for better quality of life: Clean Electricity for Communities Project in Ban Huay Khua Luang and Ban Phon Pha Villages, Lao PDR
Clean Electricity for Communities in Ban Huay Khua Luang Village, Lao PDR
During community dialogues in 2023, five downstream communities of the Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Plant expressed their primary needs for solar panels and school building renovation at Ban Huay Khua Luang School, the area’s central educational institute.
Objective: Expand access to renewable energy to support education and create an appropriate environment for youth.
Implementation:
- Community needs Assessment: near the Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power.
- Installed a 1,500-watt solar panel.
- Renovated three classrooms with improved lighting and fan installation to enhance classroom environment.
- Conducted Renewable energy education for students, teachers, and community members.
- Establishment of a renewable energy fund for future electrical equipment maintenance.
Competency
The Company leveraged its renewable energy engineering expertise to install a solar panel system and lighting in classrooms and renovate classrooms to suit the context of Ban Huay Khua Luang School.
Co-creation
The Company utilized its renewable energy capabilities to install solar panels and upgrade the entire school building to run on clean energy. This upgrade provided complete lighting coverage throughout the building and equipped it with solar-powered fans, enhancing the learning environment and promoting clean energy education for both the community and students.
Connection
The project involved cooperation from seven downstream communities of the power plant, including community leaders, students, and teachers, who joined hands to build public utilities and infrastructures in the form of a solar energy system and a renovated school building. This collaboration also promoted the establishment of a clean energy network and positioned the school as a model for clean energy utilization for downstream communities in the future.
Cooperation
Employees, the Company, villagers, students, and teachers collaboratively participated in brainstorming, planning, and developing the school as the village’s educational center. This resulted in the installation of a solar power generation system and indoor lighting infrastructure, school building renovation, and the establishment of a renewable energy fund for long-term electrical equipment maintenance.
| Project Targets and Performance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project Targets | Outcomes | |
| Clean energy access for the school and communities (solar panel installation) | 1,500 watts | 1,500 watts |
| Establishing a school renewable energy fund | 1 fund | 1 fund |
| Developing a renewable energy education handbook | 1 handbook | 1 handbook |
| Employee-led renewable energy education for students, teachers, and community members and establishment of a student renewable energy group | 80% | 80% |
| Renewable energy and environmental knowledge retention | 52 participants | 96 participants |
| Volunteer employees participating in solar panel installation training and accumulating volunteer hours | 40 volunteer employees | 45 volunteer employees |
| Establishing two additional partner networks | 2* partner networks | 6** partner networks |
* Ban Huay Khua Luang School and Ban Huay Khua Luang partner networks.
** Ban Huay Khua Luang School, Ban Huay Khua Luang, Ban Pak Hung, Ban Pak Bo, Ban Pak Phi, Xayaburi Education Division partner networks.
Clean Electricity for Communities in Ban Phon Pha Village, Lao PDR
Based on a 2023 community needs survey, Ban Phon Pha Village in Anuvoung District, Xaisomboun Province, a community in the vicinity of Nam Ngum 2 Hydroelectric Power Plant, faced insufficient nighttime lighting, leading to safety concerns and accident risks for residents
Objective: Install solar-powered street lights to address lighting shortages, enhance safety, and improve community quality of life.
Implementation:
- Community survey The issue of nighttime safety due to inadequate lighting was identified in Ban Phon Pha Village, Anuvoung District, Xaisomboun Province.
- Installation of 45 solar-powered street lights covering a 3-kilometer stretch
- Utilization of existing light poles and installation of new ones where necessary to optimize resource efficiency
- Establishment of a community committee to ensure sustainable operation of the street lighting system
- Sustainability Mechanism: Establishment of a renewable energy fund for long-term maintenance and repairs of street lights
Competency
The Company leveraged its renewable energy engineering expertise to support community development by designing a solar-powered street lighting and installation system and developing solutions to retrofit existing poles for solar-power lamp compatibility to ensure resource optimization while also meeting Ban Phon Pha community’s specific needs and context.
Co-creation
The Company utilized its expertise in renewable energy engineering to install solar-powered street lights and design a way to retrofit existing poles to optimize the efficiency of the street lighting system and meet the needs of the community. Additionally, CKPower enhanced renewable energy knowledge in the community and electrical equipment maintenance procedures to ensure sustainable operation.
Connection
The project involved cooperation from Ban Phon Pha villagers and local officials, who joined hands to build public utilities in the form of solar-powered street lights. This collaboration also promoted the establishment of a clean energy network and positioned the school as a model for clean energy utilization in the future.
Cooperation
Employees and Ban Phon Pha residents collaboratively participated in brainstorming, planning, and proposing solutions, which led to the installation of the solar-powered street lights in important areas to provide lighting and improve safety and resulted in the establishment of a renewable energy fund for solar-powered equipment maintenance to maximize the operational lifespan.
| Project Targets and Performance | ||
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| Project Targets | Outcomes | |
| Clean energy access for the community | 18,000 watts | 18,000 watts |
| Creating public utilities beneficial to the daily life of Ban Pho Pha villagers | 45 sets | 45 sets |
| Establishing a school renewable energy fund | 1 fund | 1 fund |
| Developing a renewable energy education handbook | 1 handbook | 1 handbook |
| Employee-led renewable energy education for community members | 60 community members | 80 community members |
| Volunteer employees participating in solar-powered street light installation training and providing education to the community | 29 volunteer employees | 42 volunteer employees |
Outcomes of Hinghoi : Renewable electricity for better quality of life – Clean Electricity for Communities for 2016-2024
Outcomes Highlight of Hinghoi : Renewable electricity for better quality of life – Clean Electricity for Communities for 2016–2024
Construction of a solar powered school in Poo Kham Noi Village
Small water turbines for electricity generation in Mae Pa Klang Village
Ban Mae Loe Border Patrol Police Learning Center
Solar panel installation at Ban Mae Mu Nai Border Patrol Police Education Center under the sponsorship of CK Power Public Company Limited
Solar-powered lighting system at Lion Mahachak School 9 Border Patrol Police School and Ban Pa Khaolan Community
Ban Mae Mu Nai Border Patrol Police Education Center under the sponsorship of CK Power Public Company Limited.
Ban Du School (Saharat Wittaya) Learning Center
Support for teachers in Teach for Thailand Project, Pakthongchai Choonhawan Wittayakarn School
Energy cost-saving solar rooftop at Pak Thong Chai Chunhawan Wittayakhan School
Empowering Kids for a Sustainable World at Pak Thong Chai Chunhawan Wittayakhan School
Solar rooftop at Wat Na Hai
Empowering Clean Energy through Thai Art
Wat Kudi Prasit School Learning Center
Support for teachers in Teach for Thailand Project, Udomseelwitthaya School
Solar-powered water treatment turbines for clean canals in Khlong Jik Community
Solar-powered water treatment turbines for clean canals in Khlong Phutsa Community
Empowering Clean Energy through Thai Art
Solar-powered water treatment turbines for clean canals in Khlong Ban Len Community
Solar-powered water pumping system for 25 rais of green spaces at Udomseel Witthaya School
Empowering Kids for a Sustainable World at Udomseel Witthaya School
Solar-powered irrigation for a hydroponic gardening system at Jaofasang School
Environmental network in partnership with the Bangpa-in Industrial Estate
EIA Committee site visit at Vajiralongkorn Dam
Energy cost-saving solar rooftop and solar-powered lighting system at Jaofasang School
Outcomes Highlight of Hinhoi : Renewable electricity for better quality of life – Clean Electricity for Communities for 2016–2024
Solar-powered lighting system at Na Bong Village
Solar-powered underground water pumping system at Hin Hua Seua Kindergarten
Solar-powered street lighting system at Ban Pho Pha
Discovering the World of Renewable Energy and Environment
Ban Kang School Learning Center
Solar-powered lighting system at Ban Phon Si Village
Solar-powered lighting system at Ban Huay Khua Luang Village
Solar-powered street lighting system at Ban Pak Hung and Ban Pak Bo
Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Plant
Ban Kang School Learning Center
Hinghoi : Preserving and restoring natural resources – Waste to Value: Transforming Food Scraps into Soil Conditioner Project
The Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Plant continued this project for the second year, in which food scraps were mixed with bio-culture to produce an eco-friendly soil conditioner, which, according to analysis by the Soil Research Center in Vientiane, contained more nutrients than the standard level for high-quality organic compost. The soil conditioner was not only useful in restoring soil health and enhancing fertility but also reduced dependence on chemical fertilizers
Objectives
- Reduce organic waste from the power plant through reuse.
- Promote soil quality restoration and organic materials usage in agriculture.
- Build a collaborative environmental conservation network between the Company and communities
Implementation
- Community needs survey.
- Production of a soil conditioner from food scraps.
- Distribution of the soil conditioner to communities surrounding the power plant.
- Community training on proper soil conditioner usage and maintenance to maximize benefits.
- Promotion of environmental awareness among employees, children, and youth.
Competency
The Company leveraged its organic waste management capabilities at the power plant to transform waste into an eco-friendly soil conditioner. Through surveys, analysis, and collection of food waste data, the Company evaluated the ratio of soil conditioner beneficial for communities and calculated the environmental impacts. It was found that this initiative reduced incinerator usage by 40% and decreased carbon dioxide emissions from organic waste incineration. The initiative not only also decreased incinerator damage caused by high-moisture organic waste, which typically requires more fuel for temperature elevation and results in incomplete combustion, but also reduced the emission of dioxin, which is an air pollutant.
Co-creation
Through research and experiments, the Company developed an innovative method to convert food waste into soil conditioners. According to an analysis, the resulting material contained higher nutrient levels than high-quality organic compost. CKPower designed the soil conditioner formula and distributed the product to communities. In addition, training programs and demonstrations for soil conditioner applications were organized to promote knowledge of natural resource restoration, greenhouse gas reduction, and food waste recycling. This initiative enabled communities to produce sustainable, chemical-free agricultural products.
Connection
The project led to the establishment of at least two partner networks with communities around the power plant in support of the utilization of the food waste-derived soil conditioner. This helped communities save costs associated with soil improvement materials and create additional income through enhanced agricultural yields, thus strengthening the local economy in a sustainable manner.
Cooperation
The project garnered cooperation from employees, residents of Ban Noen Sawang, Ban Na Tor Yai, and other interested communities surrounding the Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Plant. The Company provided the soil conditioner and training to ensure proper application and enable communities to produce high-quality, safe agricultural products.
| Project Targets and Performance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project Targets | Outcomes | |
| CO2 reduction through decreased waste incineration | 329 (40%) kgCO2e/year | 329 (40%) kgCO2e/year |
| Children and villagers received education on effective soil conditioner use, natural resource conservation, and environmental stewardship. |
80 people | 195 people |
| Personnel trained in innovation development, educating and fostering social innovation within communities. |
20 employees | 22 employees |
| Strengthening relations with partner networks and communities surrounding the power plant |
2 communities | 2 communities |
Hinghoi : Co-creating innovations to enhance opportunities for communities : Clean Energy-Powered Hydroponic System
To promote the use of clean energy in agriculture, the Bangpa-in Cogeneration Power Plant carried out the OPOP (One Power Plant One Product) Project and provided solar-powered hydroponic systems to Jaofasang School in Bang Pa-in District, Ayutthaya, which is located within a 5-kilometer radius of the power plant.
Objectives
- Promote renewable energy utilization in school farming.
- Increase opportunities for the school cooperative to generate income through hydroponic vegetable production and sales.
- Promote circular economy and food security for the school and communities.
Implementation
- Survey – In 2024, a survey at Jaofasang School. The school had an existing farming area but could not continue operation due to budget constraints and limited knowledge in hydroponic farming.
- Development – Two hydroponic plots were redesigned and expanded to the size of 1 meter wide by 5.4 meters long and equipped with a solar-powered automatic irrigation system.
- Knowledge Enhancement – Training was provided to teachers and students on planting, maintenance, harvesting, and sales of hydroponic vegetables as well as on solar panel system maintenance.
- Opportunity Creation – Harvested vegetables are used in the school lunch program and sold through the school cooperative for additional income
Competency
The Company leveraged its engineering capabilities to design and construct hydroponic plots, an automatic irrigation system, and a solar panel system, combining employees’ agricultural expertise to meet Jaofasang School’s needs and achieve sustainable operations.
Co-creation
The Company applied its renewable energy innovation to the installation of solar panels for powering the vegetable plot irrigation system – a clean technology that generates income for the school cooperative through produce sales. Additionally, CKPower provided comprehensive training on hydroponic farming from planting and harvesting to sales and solar panel maintenance to ensure long-term operational efficiency. A renewable energy fund was also established for equipment maintenance.
Connection
The project created a collaborative network among Bangpa-in Cogeneration Power Plant, Jaofasang School, Ban Paeng Subdistrict Administrative Organization, and communities for the development of clean energy utilization in agriculture, fostering a model of renewable energy and sustainable farming for self-reliance.
Cooperation
The collaboration between Bangpa-in Cogeneration Power Plant, Jaofasang School, and communities within the 5-kilometer radius fostered multi-stakeholder participation and promoted learning in clean energy and sustainable agriculture.
| Project Targets and Performance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project Targets | Outcomes | |
| Renewable energy usage in agriculture at Jaofasang School through the installation of a solar-powered irrigation system |
300 watts | 300 watts |
| A flow of income through the school cooperative | 1,000 baht/month | 1,880 baht/month |
| Education on clean energy and hydroponic farming for students and teachers |
50 people | 54 people |
Target and Performance Comparison according to the Framework for Social Value Creation
better quality of life
enhancement in communities
Unit: watts (cumulative)
or avoidance
Unit: kCO2e/year
education on renewable energy
Unit: people (cumulative)
restoring natural resources
and environment
and protection areas
Unit: rais (cumulative)
Unit: kCO2e/year
and community members received
education natural resource conservation,
and environmental stewardship.
Unit: people (cumulative)
enhance opportunities for communities
Unit: products (cumulative)
Unit: baht (cumulative)