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The same year , it also partnered with Korea Electric Power Corporation and Energy China to power Bangkok ’ s third international airport at U-Tapao and the adjoining Airport City – both flagship projects in the development of Thailand ’ s Eastern Economic Corridor , the hub of Thailand ’ s transformation into a knowledge economy . In another world first , B . Grimm Power and its partners have created a hybrid system for U-Tapao , comprising an 80MW gas-fired power plant , a 15MW solar photovoltaic farm and a 50MW energy storage system .
Meanwhile , in the industrial estates where its power business first thrived , B . Grimm Power is partnering with Amata Corp . PCL , a Thai company that is developing its industrial parks into so-called smart cities , and Siam Cement Group , or SCG , the country ’ s largest conglomerate , to increase supplies of clean energy and put more solar systems on factory roofs – a project also heavily backed by the Board of Investment .
Now B . Grimm Power is focused on what it terms a “ greenleap ” strategy in which it will invest some $ 2 billion to almost triple capacity from 3,668 MW to 10,000 MW by 2030 while
The 40,000-panel ,
100,000 square meter rooftop in 2025 will have a total output of 22MW , reduce CO 2 emissions by 38,000 tonnes and ultimately enabling the factory ’ s owner to function entirely on renewable energy .
at the same time doubling the proportion of renewable energy from 25 % to 50 % of the company ’ s total output .
There should be no shortage of takers for those renewables . With global CO 2 emissions required to fall by 80 % by 2050 , B . Grimm Power estimates that Southeast Asia is going to need 920GW of renewable energy while only being on target to achieve 340GW – creating a shortfall of almost 600 GW . �
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