The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and its public and private sector networks managed to save 24.65 megawatts of electricity, by reducing unnecessary lighting and power consumption between 8.30pm and 9.30pm Saturday night, in observation of the “60+ Earth Hour 2024”.
However, the electricity saved this year in Bangkok was less than last year, when 36 megawatts were saved, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 5.2 tonnes.
This reduction was equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions from 43 flights between Bangkok and Chiang Mai, a diesel car traveling a distance of 31,200 kilometers, or the switching off of lights in 23,400 households for an hour.”
Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, assistant secretary to the Bangkok governor, said today that the electricity saved during the one-hour blackout last night amounts to the absorption of 11 tonnes of carbon dioxide by 1,100 trees.
Many households and businesses in Bangkok joined the electricity conservation campaign, he said.
The five landmark locations also took part last night. They were the Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, or Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Arun, Wat Saket and the Rama 8 Bridge.
The BMA has taken part in this campaign since 2008 and, by last year, had saved a total of 22,512 megawatts of electricity, worth about 81.14 million baht and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 12,260.6 tonnes.
