Community Capacity-Building Mobilization towards Energy Transitions in the Era of Thailand 4.0: A Case Study on Biomass Power Plants

Yuttana Homket, Pongthep Sutheravut and Sawpheeyah Nima
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Yuttana Homket: Public Policy Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
Pongthep Sutheravut: Public Policy Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
Sawpheeyah Nima: Public Policy Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-13

Abstract: In 2015, the National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) approved the latest Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) 2015–2036, targeting electricity generation from biomass, biogas, and municipal solid waste by 2036 towards the Thailand 4.0 policy. The small biomass power plants are intensively promoted, contributing to many more public concerns. Therefore, this study provided new insight using the readiness and resilience in the communities near the biomass power plant generation in Southern Thailand. The community readiness model (CRM) and community health impact assessment (CHIA) were adopted using mixed methods during January–November 2019. A total of 999 respondents replied to the questionnaires, 153 informants were interviewed, and the panel was discussed and analyzed by descriptive statistics and content analysis. Findings illustrated that all stakeholder sectors strengthened community-driven development based on the average community readiness (3.01 ± 0.11) in a vague awareness stage, only with participation in information giving (75.38%) and having an impact pain point score of 7.64 ± 0.54, which was a highly intense level used to develop the public policy towards biomass power plants. Recent advanced community tools offered new insights for the first time about community strategic plans for sustainable biomass power generation, to achieve community security and values of democracy in Southern Thailand.

Keywords: biomass power plant; community mobilization; renewable energy; public policy; Thailand 4.0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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