The city was plunged into darkness for 1 hour in the evening, as part of the Earth Hour 2023 event, which is held every year in order to draw attention to global warming and energy saving in the capital of Thailand, Bangkok.
In the event organized by the Bangkok Governorate and the Thailand Wildlife Fund (WWF), the lights of the city were turned off between 20.30 and 21.30 on the evening of 25 March. While the lights of the Royal Palace in the capital, all official buildings, schools and university buildings, Buddhist temples, many private companies and shopping centers were turned off, citizens also attended the event from their homes.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, in his statement about the event, stated that the participation in the organization, which has been held since 2008 to draw attention to energy saving, has increased every year, while only as a result of the 1-hour electricity dimming event in 2022, 78 Megawatts of energy and approximately 20 tons of energy were produced in the city. indicated that carbon dioxide emissions were saved.
Chadchart stated that not only building lights, but also all billboards in the city, all decorative lighting, ornamental pools and sculpture lighting in parks were turned off in this year’s organization, and that the lighting of some highways was safely dimmed. (UAV)