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 […]
No decision yet on LNG import plan
Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said on Thursday that the ministry has yet to decide on the plan to import 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually from Malaysia’s Petronas LNG. He was responding to a report which suggested that the ministry had cancelled an auction organised by the Electricity Generating Authority of […]
Energy Ministry to see if oil situation will impact inflation
The Energy Ministry will hold a special meeting with the Energy Administrative Committee today (September 17) to discuss the possible impact the drone attacks on two major oil-processing facilities owned by Saudi Arabia’s Aramco may have on living costs in Thailand. Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said his ministry has already set up a war […]
Thailand’s Renewable Energy Targets To Open New Business Models
Thailand’s goal of generating a third of its overall energy consumption from renewable sources in 18 years is expected to open unexplored business models that could create new jobs in the country. According to GovInsider, Thailand has been hard at work in producing wind and solar power as part of its goal. Chief of Enterprise Architecture […]
How Thailand will integrate renewables and EVs into the grid
Thailand wants nearly a third of its energy to come from renewable resources by 2037 – almost double of what it had in 2015. The country has aggressively ramped up production of solar and wind power, in particular. Its solar power capacity increased tenfold from 2012 to 2017, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. […]
Urgent energy meeting called after oil price spike
Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong has called an urgent meeting of the Energy Policy Administration Committee on Tuesday to evaluate the oil situation after the global price surge. The minister said on Monday the meeting will assess the impact of the price increase on people and measures to help them to cope with it. Global oil […]
Thailand says no impact on oil imports following Saudi attacks
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s energy minister said on Sunday the drone attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world’s top exporter, would have no impact on Thai oil imports. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group claimed responsibility for Saturday’s drone attacks on two facilities of state-run oil company Saudi Aramco at the heart of the kingdom’s […]
