When the rain doesn’t come: Thailand in grip of severe drought as monsoon season fails to deliver
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand: Suthin Noramas cannot stop his tears as he surveys the parched land around him. His plot is about 2.25 hectares in size and has been carefully cultivated for some crops he thought would prove to be valuable to sell, such as durians, pepper and lemongrass. All of them are dying or dead. The […]
PEA and MG Join Forces
Mr. Khemmarat Sartpreecha, Deputy Governor, Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) and Mr. Zhang Haibo, President of MG Sales (Thailand) Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the “Charging Network Development for Electric Vehicles Project” at the lobby, 1st floor, LED Building, Provincial Electricity Authority Head Office, on 22 August 2019. Mr. Khemmarat disclosed that […]
Energy minister ties up with PTT to lower energy costs
Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong is collaborating with PTT Plc to find ways of reducing the cost of electricity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). “We believe we should be able to announce some measures in September,” the minister said, adding that the aim will be to make electricity cheaper for SMEs, so they are not […]
Ministry of Energy to hold ‘AMEM 2019’
The Ministry of Energy is organising “AMEM 2019” (ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting and Associated Meetings) on 2-6 September 2019 at The Athenee Hotel, A Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok. The official opening ceremony will be held on 4 September by the Prime Minister. The event will involve discussions on effective energy management and energy stability […]
Thailand partnering with South Korea on electric bus development
BANGKOK — An all-electric bus with the national flags of South Korea and Thailand printed side by side sits on a campus of one of the national research universities on the southern side of Bangkok. The electric bus is a joint project between Korea and Thailand, led mainly by Korean automaker Edison Motors, which currently […]
Thailand to use smart grid to predict outages
One of Thailand’s major utilities plans to use data from a smart grid and smart meters to track and predict electricity outages in the future. An Inspector (ICT) from the Metropolitan Electricity Authority stated that the Government aims want to use smart grid technology to improve the distribution of power to customers. The region has smart meters […]
New subsidies aimed at poor folk, farmers
The government plans to launch new stimulus measures for low-income earners and farmers in the form of energy price subsidies and cheap fertiliser, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak. These measures will be included on the state welfare smartcard to provide the subsidy directly to holders. Mr Somkid told Energy Ministry officials that lower-income citizens […]
US invests in Thai solar energy project
The United States has funded a Thai energy developer for its feasibility study of a solar power project in Thailand as part of its Indo-Pacific commitment. Thomas Hardy, director of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), said yesterday’s grant signing ceremony marked an important milestone in the USTDA’s role in Thailand. “It is a […]
