Thai developer invests $1bn to put Myanmar industry on global map
NAYPYITAW — Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp. plans to build an industrial complex with an investment of $1 billion in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. The complex will provide important industrial infrastructure in a nation with few global-standard industrial zones suitable for foreign companies. Amata recently signed a land lease agreement and joint venture agreement with the Myanmar Ministry […]
Sustainable Ozone Protection and Climate Change Mitigation in Thailand
Challenge Cooling and refrigeration are essential to increasing labor productivity, improving educational outcomes, safeguarding food and minimizing its waste, improving healthcare, and supporting countries’ digital ambitions. But all this is also contributing to climate change as various compounds used as refrigerants are not only ozone-depleting substances but also potent greenhouse gases. Thailand, the second-largest producer […]
Electric vehicles to be levied lower registration tax in Thailand
BANGKOK: The Department of Land Transport is joining the campaign for cleaner air by offering incentives to those who use clean energy vehicles (pic). Jantira Buruspat, deputy director-general for Operations, revealed that the increase in particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns is partly due to incomplete fuel combustion of cars that use fossil fuels, affecting […]
Thai firm to build plant in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN) – To cash in on the high demand in Cambodia Thai-based Precise Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd is planning to build an electric equipment plant in Pursat province. Thai-based Precise Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd is planning to build an electric equipment plant in Pursat province to cash in on the […]
Egat mulls more LNG imports amid low prices
The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is studying the feasibility of a third importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to take advantage of the baht’s appreciation and low gas prices in the global market. Tawatchai Jakpaisal, Egat’s deputy governor for fuel, said the third shipment for LNG is planned at roughly […]
Power Ledger partners with US registry M-RETS for REC blockchain trading
Today, blockchain firm Power Ledger announced a partnership with the U.S.-based Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) to launch a Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) marketplace in the country. M-RETS is a web-based REC registry used by power generators, utilities, marketers, and qualified reporting entities. The centralized solution tracks RECs and facilitates transactions by issuing a […]
Energy Ministry keen to maintain subsidies for biofuels
The Energy Ministry plans to revoke the seven-year time frame for terminating the subsidies for biofuels, expecting to amend the State Oil Fund Act of 2019 within two years. Viraphol Jirapraditkul, director of the Energy Fund Administration Institute (EFAI), said Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong told the Prime Minister’s Office to consider amending the revised act to […]
Thailand’s PTT in drive for fuel-switching to natural gas
Thai state-owned PTT Pcl will promote fuel-switching to natural gas by industrial factories to lower the level of PM2.5 dust particles in Bangkok and its surrounding areas, said PTT senior executive vice-president for gas business Wuttikorn Stithit. Wuttikorn said the company would conduct a survey and provide an evaluation of existing machineries at factories, aimed […]
