response to His Majesty’s initiative on renewable energy, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn assigned the Chaipattana Foundation to carry out experimental study on oil palm cultivation and other plants for alternative energy. Particularly, she requested that a crude palm oil production plant be set up by using the projects at the Pikul Thong Royal Development Study Center and the Aow Luek Settlement Co-Operative as the prototypes. As the result, the Chaipattana Foundation in 2006 began to develop an area within the Chaipattana-Mae Fah Luang Project in Hua Hin District of Prachuap Khirikhan province into the Vegetable Oil Refining and Bio-diesel Integrated Production Plant, which now serves as a model for environmentally-friendly bio-diesel production. The project implemented in response to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s request for oil palm study and cultivation in deserted land. Initially, 4,080 palm trees were planted in an 80 acre-piece of land