Royal Phuket Marina becomes first marina in Thailand to switch to renewable energy The first marina in Thailand to switch to renewable energy, award-winning Royal Phuket Marina (RPM) has gone solar and now gets a big chunk of the power used for its marina operations from a newly installed array of solar panels. Racking up […]
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Indorama Ventures, Thai Petrochemicals Giant to Add Green Power to Cut Carbon Print Indorama to boost renewable energy to 30% of total global bill Plans to buy more plastic recycling plants worldwide: Lohia Indorama Ventures Pcl, the world’s top producer of material used in plastic bottles and polyester, plans to quadruple its use of renewable […]
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Vietnam gets bids for Dung Quat refinery expansion in Quảng Ngãi Province Vietnam’s Binh Son Refinery (BSR) has received bids for a $1.8bn upgrade and expansion project that will increase capacity at its 145,000 b/d Dung Quat refinery by around 30pc. Two consortiums, one led by Japan’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction and the other by […]
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Thailand awards Baht 7.75bn high-speed line construction contract to the SPTK joint venture STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) has awarded a Baht 7.75bn ($US 248.72m) contract for the construction of part of the 873km Bangkok – Nong Khai high-speed rail project to the SPTK joint venture. SPTK is a consortium led by Malaysian construction company […]
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Asian Development Bank’s $180 Million USD funding to support construction of New Water Transmission Network in Yangon City, Myanmar The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $180 Million USD in funding to support construction of a new water transmission network for the city of Yangon, Myanmar. The 34-kilometer system will include a new intake structure […]
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Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai basically completes ground clearance for first phase of Long Thanh International Airport The southern province of Dong Nai has basically completed ground clearance work to the first phase of Long Thanh International Airport, according to the provincial People’s Committee. A total of 1,800 ha of land are needed for […]
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Thailand’s first offshore solar farm unveiled in Map Ta Phut The 100-kilowatt floating solar farm was installed for seaside PTT Tank Terminal Co (PTT TANK) in Map Ta Phut sub-district of Muang district in Rayong. PTT Group unveiled Thailand’s first offshore floating solar farm off the eastern province of Rayong. Wittawat Svasti-xuto, chief technology and […]
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LS ELECTRIC wins the Railways Eastern Line’s signal system project in Thailand ■ Selected as the contractor, jointly with ITD for railway modernization project amounting to 25 billion KRW. ■ Made the first foray into Thailand in 2001 ••• /accumulative record over 134 billion KRW along with technological prowess and stable project implementation. ■ Rapidly […]
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Myanmar developing 4,000 MW of LNG-to-power projects Myanmar is developing 4,000 MW of LNG-to-power projects as natural gas imports rise in response to reduced hydroelectric supply and declining domestic gas production, the country’s energy minister said in the run-up to the Japan Producer-Consumer Conference 2020. The Southeast Asian country began its first LNG imports in […]
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Vietnam’s 1,200MW Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power plant called becomes subject of debate in South Korean parliament A coal-fired power plant project in Vietnam has become the subject of debate in South Korea’s parliament, with legislators pointing to a backlash from environmental activists and local residents who are worried about pollution, days after a state […]
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