Thammasat University recognizes the importance of adaptation to changes due to global warming, so we have contributed to the reduction of carbon emissions by increasing the proportion of electricity from clean energy and reducing the proportion of energy from fossil fuels. Currently, Thammasat University Rangsit Campus has installed the Solar Rooftop system on building roofs, which has the electricity production capacity of 6.27 MW. During 2020, this solar energy system produced 7,554 MW of electricity, accounting for 10% of the total electricity consumption of University. This is equivalent to 4,074 tCO2e reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, comparable to carbon absorption from as many as 4,238 perennial trees*. These numbers will keep rising if we can reduce the use of fossil fuels from coal or natural gas and make a continuous progress in conversion to electricity from clean energy and increasing the production capacity until the University can completely rely on renewable energy.

*This is calculated from the average carbon absorption of the perennial trees in tropical forests with the average age of carbon adsorption of 40 years/tree.