PARIS (Reuters) – French energy group Total (TOTF.PA) and Dutch partner Corbion (CORB.AS) said they had started operations at their new bioplastics plant in Rayong, Thailand. The plant run by the joint venture Total Corbion PLA would be able to produce 75,000 tonnes a year of poly lactic acid (PLA), which is experiencing rising demand. […]

BMW will assemble battery packs in Thailand, too. In the case of BMW Group, the primary battery pack production site is in Dingolfing, Germany, but step-by-step the company is launching also other smaller sites around the world to localize battery assembly. There is already a BMW battery facility in Spartanburg, U.S. as well as in Shenyang, […]

Quang Ninh (VNA) – The 25th meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Council was convened in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on November 28. It brought together 120 delegates from the council’s four member countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. The commission’s dialogue partners – China and Myanmar, and […]

The Energy Ministry is considering using a surplus of crude palm oil this year to replace fossil fuels for power generation at two state-run plants in Chachoengsao and Ratchaburi. The tentative plan is to be implemented at Bang Pakong power plant, owned by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat), and Ratchaburi power plant, owned […]

A smart grid pilot will be put into action in the Thai province of Mae Hong Son, to integrate and balance growing shares of renewable energy using battery energy storage systems (BESS). The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and the country’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) have signed an agreement to investigate the use of […]

Toyota plans to bring forward its investment in its Thai hybrid vehicle battery plant by a year citing potential shortages of batteries in Japan, according to local reports. The Japanese automaker was awarded tax incentives for its THB19bn (US$575m) investment in hybrid vehicle production and related parts including doors assemblies, bumpers and axles, in Chachoengsao […]

THAILAND’S Energy Minister Siri Jirapongphan has asked the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE) to conduct a study to revise the target for energy use under Asean Ministers on Energy Meetings (AMEM) after Asean countries reached the exisiting target sooner than planned in 2021. Siri said that a committee will study the new […]

The Energy Ministry is pressing for an increase in the content of crude palm oil in biodiesel to curb slumping palm oil prices after several rounds of discussions failed to deliver a compromise. The urgent action is meant to absorb a surplus of palm oil in the country. Thailand has produced 2.5 million tonnes of […]

Singapore — Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production posted a marginal 2% increase in third quarter oil and gas sales volumes on the back of its larger ownership of the Bongkot Project, the largest natural gas field in the Gulf of Thailand, the company said late Thursday. PTTEP’s oil and gas sales for the quarter ended […]

The Power and Energy Society (PES), which bills itself as the the world’s largest forum for the electric power industry, is literally counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds before its Grand International Conference and Exposition is held for the first time outside of the United States. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), […]