Solar Cell System Construction Project for
The World Heritage Forest &  the western forest complex

                 It was the end of year 2001, WFCC launched the project of solar cell system construction in Thungyai Naresuan WS.  December 24, 2001, the day after Hermit Inaugural Stay Ceremony in the period of the chief Paibool Sawetmalanon, WFCC firstly constructed solar cell system for Mae-Kasa Wildlife Unit. From that beginning, WFCC had gradually sourced budget to installed for other units, one by one. Ideally, Thungyai Naresuan will has such solar cell alternative energy throughout the wildlife sanctuary.

                 The alternative energy solar cell system is a way out to eliminate the high expense & difficulties of fuel usage. The system can produce itself pure energy and store power supply not only for rangers basic necessary activities for life, but most of all for  such significant electronic equipments as radio communication. A handheld or station radio is not only to support communication during patrol or other activities regards to site and resources protection. A radio may be the only tool  to rescue the holder ranger himself in such emergency case or when tragedy comes unpredictably. His handheld radio will be the most important tool to call for help, military support, food supplies, emergency medical care, etc. Moreover, the solar cell alternative energy will produce power supplies for such research electronic equipment. Not only to activate wildlife and wild land scientific research in Thailand. Indirectly, it may approach and witness to some more people the existence of abundant resources. Expectedly, it may call people's nature awareness somehow.
                 Solar cell energy derives from the Sun which is 149,600,000 km from the Earth. Its mass is about 333,000 times Earth's mass and it is 1,391,000 km (862,400 miles) in diameter while Earth is 12,742 km (7,900 miles). The sun's temperature at photosphere is about 5,800 K, and 15,600,000 K at its core. Its luminosity is about 400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 KW.  The energy source for the sun is nuclear fusion and nuclear energy is important on Earth as well. However, its fundamental we require for the solar cell system is nothing but temperature.

                 Currently, solar cell can be divided into 3 categories.

                 1. Single Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell and Poly Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell
                 2. Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell
                 3. Gallium Arsenide Solar Cell

                 Advantage of using solar cell as an alternative energy

                 1. It can be used everywhere the sunlight approach
                 2. Free energy, cost saving from fuel expense
                 3. Easy to install, automatic performance
                 4. Long-life performance, durable
                 5. Friendly to nature, not cause any pollution
                 6. Easy to maintain
                 7. Worth and stable investment for long term performance, not depends on increasing
                    fuel cost

                 Disadvantage of using solar cell as an alternative energy

                 1. Produce energy only when sunshine
                 2. Require large open area
                 3. High investment

                 To construct solar cell system throughout Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary requires our strong attempt and devotion. Firstly, it is a large complex area which stated wildlife units scattering in all over specific area; remote,  unavoidable terrible way in the jungle especially during rainy season, natural forest fire in dry season, and its own geographic condition which is uneasy to reach. From WFCC office, it takes altogether over 1,000 km for each mission.  However, the investments is the most of all trouble we faced. Each solar cell equipments, especially the solar cell panels is very expensive. WFCC had worked very hard on sourcing large budget to completed each unit for years, as well as sourcing budget support other necessary projects in the same time. But, how little chance it could be, how many problems we faced, or how much difficulty and pressure we bore, WFCC set them as a great lesson which we have to make it possible by our strong mind and firm philosophy.

                 From its beginning at Maekasa wildlife unit in 2001, the alternative energy solar cell system construction still in continue base on WFCC budget which are mainly from the members itself and some other honorable supporters. Hopefully, the fundamental structural system of solar cell alternative energy will drive Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary to its extreme effectiveness on preserving and retaining itself as a pristine world heritage site as we all dream of.

Wildlife checkpoints and stations in Thungyai West successfully installed with the solar cell system .

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