Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm, with generating capacity of 103.5 megawatts and costing 6.5 billion baht, will start operating in Nakhon Ratchasima next month. The project is part of ambitious plans by Wind Energy Holding Co (WEH) for wind farms generating a combined 1,000 MW by 2020, said Nopporn Suppipat, the company’s founder and director. […]
Continue ReadingThai City Electric, a manufacturer and distributor of Sharp electrical appliances, plans to invest between Bt500 million and Bt600 million in a new factory to serve both the domestic and export markets. “We plan to relocate our factory out of the 30-rai plot in the King Kaew area of Samut Prakan, which has reached its […]
Continue ReadingPöyry’s Energy Business Group has been awarded a technical consultancy services assignment for the Xayaburi hydro power plant project in Lao PDR. Pöyry works as the Government of Lao Engineer in the project. Pöyry will support the Government of Lao and the project owner Xayaburi Power Company Limited during the 8-year implementation period by reviewing […]
Continue ReadingToyo-Thai Corporation (TTCL) is seeking opportunities in Myanmar’s power business through the establishment of two joint ventures in that country. One of the JVs will have Thai Summit Group as a partner. The expansion follows a memorandum of understanding signed with Myanmar’s Ministry of Electric Power on August 10, which paved the way for greater collaboration […]
Continue ReadingConstruction crews are expected to break ground on the new passenger terminal for U-Tapao-Pattaya International Airport in December, aiming to open a new, modern facility for Pattaya by next summer. Vice Adm. Surapong Aisayanont, a consultant for the Royal Thai Navy-administered airport, said on Oct. 30 that construction of the 25,200 sq. meter facility should […]
Continue ReadingThailand is Conergy’s most important market in Asia. German PV project developer Conergy is set to expand its footprint in Southeast Asia after it secured an EPC contract for two PV plants in Thailand from Thai Solar Energy Company (TSE), a local investor. The plants will be located in both Suphanburi Province and Kanchanaburi Province […]
Continue ReadingNew Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal vows to move ahead with plans to construct the southern landbridge or oil pipeline linkage between the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. At his first day in office as energy minister, the close aide of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday the project will help enable the […]
Continue ReadingA high-speed train project linking southern China, Laos and Thailand could start in 2015 in time for the launch of the Asean Economic Community. Chamaiporn Chuecharoen, the commercial counsellor for Thailand in Kunming, China, said the project envisions a train capable of speeds of 200 kilometres per hour running from Yunnan province to Laos and […]
Continue ReadingA MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIIn light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, […]
Continue ReadingFollowing months of speculation, the British Embassy in Bangkok have now confirmed on their website that the British Consulate in Jomtien will close. The British Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Mark Kent made the announcement in a statement issued on the British Embassy Website www.ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk on Tuesday, confirming the closure of the British Consulate which has […]
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