BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farms to power South-east Asia’s second-largest economy and to boost the country’s share of clean energy. State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) will float 16 solar farms with a combined capacity of more than 2.7 gigawatts on nine of its hydroelectric dam […]

BANGKOK — State-owned energy group PTT will spend billions of dollars over the next decade to increase Thailand’s natural gas supply, supporting the government’s efforts to diversify the country’s coal-heavy energy mix.

On Wednesday, Thailand’s Minister of Energy Sitthi Chiraphongphan and the first secretary for economy and trade at the Chinese embassy in Thailand witnessed a ceremony to sign a contract for the fuel pipeline expansion project in the Northeast. The contract was signed by Pipeline Network Company–the project’s operator–and China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering–the contractor. The project […]

Thai-listed energy firm Super Energy Corporation (SUPER), previously known as Superblock, has inked an agreement to purchase two wind power plants in Vietnam for 577 million baht ($18.31 million). The two projects – HBRE PHU YEN and HBRE GIA LAI – have a combined capacity of 250 MW. SUPER will make the transaction via two subsidiaries […]

Mubadala Petroleum, a unit of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, signed a production sharing contract with Thailand’s PTTEP Energy Development Company (PTTEP ED), its first gas project in South-East Asia’s second-largest economy. The company will work with PTTED ED, a unit of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company, to develop offshore Block G1/61 that contains […]

A new recycling plan for discarded solar panels and vehicle batteries will stress circular methods. (Photo provided) The government has agreed to use the remaining cash from the Energy Conservation Fund to support a new recycling plan for discarded solar panels and vehicle batteries, in line with the goal of creating a circular economy. The […]

BANGKOK, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Thai energy company PTT Pcl plans to invest up to 354.7 billion baht ($11.3 billion) over the next five years to boost its natural gas portfolio and energy infrastructure, a senior executive said on Friday. PTT plans to invest 167.1 billion baht from 2019 to 2023, of which 44 percent […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Ranhill Holdings Bhd (Ranhill) and Thailand-based Treasure Specialty Company Ltd (TS Co) will jointly develop a 1,150 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Kedah for power export to Southern Thailand. Upon completion, the power plant is expected to dispatch 100 per cent of its generation capacity through a dedicated […]

THE GOVERNMENT has begun planning ahead for the next “smog season” in Bangkok, preparing a graduated system of emergency responses and possibly a major upgrade for the transport sector. Natural Resources and Environment Ministry Permanent Secretary Wijarn Simachaya yesterday announced that Thailand would follow South Korea’s example in tackling harmful PM2.5 dust. Speaking at an […]

You’ve got to give it to the Thai government. They have an acute awareness for what their automotive industry needs in order to propel it to greater heights, and this latest bit of news from Bangkok Post further reinforces this idea. It’s no secret that green cars, in their various shapes and forms, receive benefits […]