Mae Moh Livable City by EGAT wins “Schneider Electric 2024 Sustainability Impact Awards” reflecting the commitment to sustainable operations
31 March 2025Mae Moh Livable City by EGAT won first prize for the Schneider Electric 2024 Sustainability Impact Awards at the national level, reflecting EGAT’s mission to maintain energy security coupled with caring for the society and environment, while driving Mae Moh toward a low-carbon economic city and sustainably enhancing the quality of life for the local community.
Mr. Tawatchai Sumranwanich, Deputy Governor – Strategy of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) represented EGAT to receive the first prize for the Schneider Electric 2024 Sustainability Impact Awards at the national level from Mr. Mongkhon Tangsiriwit, Cluster President of Schneider Electric, in charge of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. The Mae Moh Livable City Project reflects EGAT’s commitment to sustainable operations and achieving Net Zero Emissions. The ceremony was held at the Press Conference Room, EGAT 50th Anniversary Building, EGAT Headquarters, Nonthaburi Province, on March 25, 2025.
Mr. Tawatchai Sumranwanich, EGAT Deputy Governor – Strategy, revealed that EGAT’s mission is to maintain energy security coupled with enhancing the stability of renewable energy in preparation for the increasing electricity demand, as well as create green innovations to support Net Zero Emissions and promote the use of clean energy sustainably. The goal is to achieve EGAT Carbon Neutrality by 2050. Moreover, EGAT gives importance to good governance and corporate social responsibility, while creating shared value with stakeholders, such as the development of Mae Moh Smart City in Lampang Province.
According to Thailand’s Power Development Plan (PDP) 2018-2037 (Rev. 1) and the draft PDP2024, Mae Moh Power Plant will start to decrease its generation capacity in 2026 and will be decommissioned in 2048. Therefore, EGAT has policies to sustainably enhance the quality of life for the local community by promoting community participation in order to develop Mae Moh into a low-carbon economic city through Mae Moh City Data Platform, which is equipped with the necessary information to achieve Net Zero Emissions. The development will proceed under the 3 Smart concept, namely 1) Smart Energy, such as promoting the planting of forage grass to increase green areas, purchasing agricultural biomass waste for processing into energy pellets, and implementing Energy Management System (EMS) to promote the use of solar power in Mae Moh District, 2) Smart Economy, such as vertical farming project, organic agriculture project, as well as Tourism Empowerment, e.g. Mae Moh Half Marathon, Promotion of tourism in Ban Dong Sub-district project, and 3) Smart Environment, such as expanding green spaces using economic bamboo, increasing the value of organic waste through black soldier fly larvae, and developing the City Data Platform which monitors the air quality and environmental data in Mae Moh. The main goal is to develop Mae Moh District into a low-carbon economic city for the sustainable growth and happiness of the community.
The Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Awards was first established in 2022 to honor the partners of Schneider Electric who participated in building a sustainable world and using electricity efficiently. In 2024, a total of 453 projects were submitted; there were 12 winners for the global level, 26 winners for the regional level, and 100 winners for the national level.