The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in Loei has embarked on a mission to relocate electric transformers underground in the tourist-heavy Chiang Khan district. The initiative aims to stop fire hazards within the district, which is thought for its century-old wooden homes.
Komkrit Siriyutthaseanyakorn, who heads the native office of the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning, said that the elimination of transformers from concrete energy poles would also improve the stability of the power supply and tidy up the landscape by eliminating seen energy cables.
Chiang Khan, positioned adjacent to the Mekong River in the northeastern province, attracts between 4 and 5 million tourists annually, producing over a billion baht in tourism-related income.
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 along the favored Chiang Khan Walking Street. Easy of Engineering Organisations and the Engineering Institute of Thailand have advised reworking Chiang Khan into the primary good city with low-carbon underground transformers.
Siriwit Pornpanwatcharadech, Deputy Director of the transmission system design division on 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, vacationers, and PEA employees will be almost assured.
He additionally projected that this may increase local tourism and enterprise actions, reduce carbon emissions, and increase usable green area.
Recalling the success of a similar transfer within the Siam Square space, Sombat Vanichprapa, a advisor to the Chula Smart City venture, stated that putting transformers and power cables underground had significantly improved safety for pedestrians and made Bangkok’s city centre a most popular vacation spot for tourists.
The underground transformer mannequin, which makes use of a low-carbon submersible transformer, obtained recognition at the 2023 Thailand Energy Awards and the 2023 ASEAN Energy Awards, reports Bangkok Post..