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Social project: Conergy plant for Thai school and children's orphanage
inaugurated
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Social project: Conergy plant for Thai school and children's orphanage
inaugurated
Conergy, German Embassy in Thailand and Logwin donate solar power plant
Hamburg / Phang Nga, 19 November 2012 - Yesterday, Sunday 18 November 2012,
was a very special day for the non-profit organization 'Yaowawit School and
Lodge' in Kapong in Phang Nga Province in southern Thailand. Now that the
new solar plant has been put into operation during an inauguration
ceremony, it will be providing clean electricity for the 110 youngsters
aged four to eighteen living at the Yaowawit home for orphans and socially
disadvantaged children and for the attached school. This makes the children
true young solar pioneers and the school probably the first such
establishment with its own solar plant in the country of smiles. 324
Conergy modules will be producing 227,400 watt hours of electricity per
day, supplying the school's computers and air conditioning systems amongst
other things while preventing around 43 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.
'We were very happy when we heard about the opportunity to install a solar
panel field in Yaowawit, since it will not only give our students the
opportunity to learn about how solar energy functions, but it will reduce
our energy costs for the next 25 years. The Yaowawit School is very
grateful for this generous donation. We are proud to be the first school in
the Phang Nga province, maybe even in all of Thailand, to have its own
solar panel field. We will do our best to make it a learning centre for
both our students and those in the neighbouring communities and serve as a
role model for others,' said the head of the school Kunchana Mailaeaid.
The plant was realised thanks to donations from the solar system supplier
Conergy, the German Embassy in Thailand and the freight carrier Logwin
Air+Ocean Thailand. The German Embassy provided 600,000 Thai baht for the
charitable school project, which equates to 15,000 euros. Conergy has been
involved in the solar sector in Thailand for many years already and is
building its sixth large-scale solar park there. The system supplier did
the planning for the plant for free and also supplied the necessary solar
components, which Logwin's Thai subsidiary transported from Germany to
Kapong, which is around one and a half hours north of Phuket Airport and 40
minutes west of Khao Lak.
The roots of the school go back to an initiative of the German Federal
Foreign Office and a number of German companies located in Thailand in the
aftermath of the Tsunami catastrophe 2004. The idea then was to establish a
home for Thai orphans who had lost their parents in the floods. The
Yaowawit home and the attached school were established in 2006 by the
'Children's World Academy' and inaugurated by Princess Maha Sakri
Sirindhorn. Since then, 110 pupils have found a new home here after losing
their parents, families and homes. The home lies in the middle of the
rainforest, at the centre of a 25-hectare plantation of mangosteen and oil
palms. In 2008, the 'Yaowawit Hospitality School&Lodge' was added as the
foundation's first vocational college project. Here, the children are
acquainted with the hospitality business to improve their job prospects and
enable them to break the poverty cycle. And by growing vegetables and rice,
the children also supply the school and hotel kitchen with their own
organic produce.
'In today's renewable energy landscape we talk way too often about return
on equity, the affordability of clean energy, subsidies and we tend to
neglect the reason behind the global efforts to switch from nuclear power
or conventional power to renewables, which is to protect our environment,
the environment of our children', said Conergy Board Member Marc Lohoff at
the inauguration. 'Today we need to protect the world of tomorrow, the
world of these children here in the Yaowawit orphanage. Therefore, the
entire Conergy team and I could not think of a better contribution than
providing this solar field to this school. We hope that together we can
instil the values of sustainability in the next generation.'
High resolution photos of the inauguration ceremony are available for
download at:
http://www.conergy-group.com/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-39/57_read-2814/
About Conergy
Conergy delivers solar energy systems from a single source. As a system
supplier, Conergy offers all components for a solar installation as well as
all related services.
With its portfolio of modules, inverters and mounting systems, the solar
expert creates Conergy System Technology, which is efficient solar energy
systems for private or commercial rooftops, as well as for multi-Megawatt
Parks.
Conergy System Services deliver a 'Worry-Free Package' for Conergy solar
installations - from 'A' for architectural planning to 'Y' for yield
insurance and 'Z' for zero trouble. Conergy's experts not only install
on-site turn-key solar projects, but they also manage the planning and
financing, project implementation, system monitoring, operation and
on-going maintenance of the project for maximum performance. With this
comprehensive technology and service package, Conergy offers yield
insurance for its installations.
Conergy System Sales brings Conergy premium products to more than 40
countries. From 'A' for Australia to 'T' for Tunisia - the solar expert
supports homeowners, installers, wholesalers and investors in their efforts
to 'go solar'. With sales activities on five continents, Conergy has close
relationships with all its customers. In 2011, around three quarters of
Conergy's sales were generated outside of Germany.
Listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange, Conergy employs around 1,200 people
worldwide. Since Conergy's founding in 1998, it has produced and sold 2 GW
of clean solar energy. Thus, in 2011 Conergy solar installations have
generated more power than a nuclear reactor.
Please contact us if you have any questions or requests.
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