ABSTRACT
The impacts of climate change can be felt on the whole world, including humans, animals, biodiversity, and the ecosystems. Even though the impact illustrates global effects, local action is required to solve the issues. The two measures to encounter climate change impacts are mitigation and adaptation. Whereas mitigation aims at greenhouse gas reduction, adaptation addresses the self-adjustment of the effects of climate change with less suffering. This chapter emphasizes on the mitigation of the causes of climate change. Presently, industrial sector emits a significant amount of greenhouse gases due to its massive energy consumption. An eco-industrial estate becomes the instrument for climate change mitigation because of the ability of eco-industrial estate to target low-carbon production. This chapter also exemplifies the renewable energy installation in eco-industrial estates in Thailand. The advantages of proper solar radiation and the availability of retention ponds and reservoirs as the facilities contribute to increasing the installation of floating solar in eco-industrial estates in Thailand. In addition, the target of greenhouse gas reduction amounts to 2,500,000 kgCO2eq by the year 2025 in eco-industrial estates, providing stimulation for self-generating renewable energy in the industrial areas. There are many benefits of installing floating solar: the efficiency of power generation from solar panels increases by 5–10 percent; it reduces evaporation; and it can be installed on the water surface so that it can save the valuable land, which can be used for other purposes. The Thai government also fosters floating solar by providing the guidelines for their installation and their regulation as well as offering financial support. In the future, floating solar power is expected to grow by 22 percent year-on-year on average from 2019 through 2024. When the demand increases, technological cost will be decreased, and innovation in renewable energy will be essential to fight against climate change.
