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.
Highlights
Since 2011, the Kingdom of Thailand had stepped up from a lower middle-income economy to an upper-income category country
This study described the process and the methods of using comprehensive community tools, and both community readiness model (CRM) and community health impact assessment (CHIA) processes for the capacity-building mobilization towards energy transitions in the era of Thailand 4.0 in Southern Thailand
The findings revealed that community mobilization was significantly driven by the energy transition strategy, biomass power plants in Southern Thailand
Summary
Since 2011, the Kingdom of Thailand had stepped up from a lower middle-income economy to an upper-income category country. The Thai royal government is trying to move from this economic trapping to the high income range status. Thailand 4.0, a national strategy driving beyond the limit, has been developed for the new economic model. It started from Thailand 1.0 to 3.0., which were agricultural, light industry, and heavy industry, towards an innovation-based economy or value addition. 48.85% of the respondents were from civil society or NGOs, while 33.23% were village representatives. Male Female Age range (years) 20–40 41–60 Education High School Diploma Higher Stakeholder Type Residents Health providers Lawyer/Consultants Village representatives Academic institutes News reporters Small businesses Civil society/NGOs Number Percentage
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