Thailand strives for low-carbon society with pilot hybrid energy project

The power plant at the Sirindhorn Dam, a hydro-floating solar hybrid project run by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, on the Lam Dom Noi River in Sirindhorn district, Ubon Ratchathani. - Bloomberg

ISAN (Xinhua): Spanning across an area the size of 160 football fields, one of the world's largest hydro-floating solar hybrid projects launched its commercial operation at the end of October, marking a major step in Thailand's planned reduction of its carbon footprint.

It is in the Sirindhorn Dam located in the northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province in Isan. The project combines the newly built floating solar farms and an existing hydropower plant.