MEA joins forces with Sansiri to upgrade Smart Platform connection service for condo customers
Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) along with Sansiri Public Company Limited has launched the Smart Life Platform project to expand services and provide convenience for electricity users. The MEA also will pilot the installation of MEA Smart Charging for Electric Vehicles (EV) at THE LINE Phahon-Pradipat, a residential project developed by Sansiri Public Company Limited. The […]
Thai protesters demand action as air pollution clouds Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Dozens of activists held a rare protest on Thursday over air pollution in Bangkok, a day after Thai officials closed schools due to concern over the impact. Levels of air pollution in the capital, the world’s most visited city, have hovered at unhealthy levels over the past month – over 100 on […]
Delta prepared to supply EV uptick
Delta Electronics Thailand is optimistic about the country’s electric vehicle (EV) market, with a plan to collaborate with car distributors to provide EV charging equipment for Thai buyers. Thailand suffers from PM2.5 pollution and oil-fuelled vehicles are a key source of ultra-fine dust and particles. EV adoption has been put forward as one tactic to […]
Egat readies terms for new bids on Ubol Ratana dam
The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is preparing to launch terms of reference for a new bid on a 24-megawatt floating solar farm at Ubol Ratana dam. Ubol Ratana in Khon Kaen province is one of nine dams that generate electricity under Egat’s management. The first dam for floating solar farms is Sirindhorn […]
Thai-Chinese consortium to build world’s largest hydro-floating solar project for Thai electricity agency
The consortium of BGRIM Power – Energy China , comprising B Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) and China Energy Engineering Group Shanxi Electric Power Engineering Co Ltd. (Energy China) has signed a EPC contract to build the world’s largest hydro-floating solar hybrid project for the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). BGRIMM Power – Energy China […]
Thai Energy Ministry encourages motorists to use biodiesel to reduce smog
BANGKOK, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s Ministry of Energy on Tuesday suggested motorists to use biodiesel B10 and B20 to curb aggravating smog that is currently gripping the country. “By using biodiesel B10 and B20, we all can help reduce smog by 3.5 to 25 percent,” said the ministry’s Department of Energy Business. “Biodiesel could […]
Draft EV roadmap coming
The government is drafting a roadmap for electric vehicle (EV) production to begin in Thailand within three years, says Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana. The roadmap will serve as a national master plan for EVs and must be finalised this year, he said. Mr Uttama has discussed the issue with Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit, but other […]
Thailand set to hasten EV charging-station plan
Disruptive technology has affected Thailand’s electricity business and the automobile industry, causing the government and private sector to enhance performance in order to maintain the country’s competitiveness and production base to export cars in the region. Minister of Energy Sontirat Sontijirawong said the ministry has prepared to present to the Cabinet the establishment of the […]
