Power Ledger brings blockchain energy model to region
Australian energy tech startup Power Ledger is keen to expand business in Southeast Asia, as the region is expected to become the fourth-largest energy consumer in the world by 2030. In early September, Thailand hosted the 37th Asean Ministers on Energy Meeting and Associated Meetings, with Power Ledger participating in the renewable energy conference. Maria […]
Thailand welcomes Chevron’s resumption of talks to resolve energy dispute
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s energy minister on Sunday welcomed a decision by U.S. energy company Chevron to continue negotiations rather than seek arbitration to resolve a dispute over who should pay for removing offshore oil and Thailand wants Chevron to pay the full decommissioning costs, estimated by a local newspaper at around $2.5 billion, for […]
Burmese refugees to benefit from solar project
Energy management and supply company Kinect Energy Group has announced funding for a renewable energy project designed to transform the lives of hundreds of Burmese refugees living on a landfill site in Thailand. The refugee community centre known as the Green Island, based in Mae Sot, Thailand, is situated in the centre of a landfill […]
Egco shifts to oil pipeline and depots
SET-listed Electricity Generating (Egco) has branched into oil pipeline transport and depot services, acquiring a 44.6% stake in Thai Pipeline Network (TPN) in a deal worth 3 billion baht. Egco bought 7.74 million existing shares in TPN from Biggas Technology, an oil and natural gas transport and service provider, and 3.19 million newly issued shares, […]
Thailand calls on developed countries to act on climate commitments
Thailand Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on developed countries to deliver on their financial commitments to scale-up climate finance that is secure, predictable and sustainable beyond next year. Thailand Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Don Pramudwinai, and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Varawut Silpa-archa at the UN Climate […]
Thailand’s PTT, Partners in Blockchain-Based Renewable Energy System
BANGKOK – Thailand’s state-owned energy company, PTT, has partnered with the nonprofit Energy Web Foundation to create a new blockchain-based renewable energy system. Their goal is to develop a regional energy solution that’s compliant with the International Renewable Energy Certificates Standard (I-REC). Which provides certificates to companies verifying that their green energy is legitimate and derived from a reliable and […]
Thailand taps tuk-tuk for self-driving edge
BANGKOK • Thailand’s ubiquitous tuk-tuk, the noisy, colourful three-wheeled taxi that has been belching exhaust on the roads for almost a century, is getting a cutting-edge makeover to help carry the local auto industry into the future. Come November, a public-private partnership will test the nation’s first self-driving tuk-tuk in an effort to nudge Thailand […]
Allow Quezon power plant to run, ERC urged
THE Department of Energy (DoE) has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to act on Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) permit to operate the 455-megawatt (MW) power plant in Mauban, Quezon to boost the country’s power supply. “I wrote [a letter to the] ERC and I manifested to ERC the importance of it being online because […]
