Thailand plans to build world’s biggest network of floating solar farms
Using the heat of the sun to produce electricity sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but in fact, research into solar technology began well over 100 years ago. But what is relatively new is the idea of floating solar panels on water including lakes, reservoirs and even the sea! It has two major benefits. […]
Hot season sends power consumption hitting record high
Bangkok – Consumption of electricity during the current hot season has hit a record high in many provinces. Deputy Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Governor Rerngchai Khongthong said the demands for electricity hit a new high of 29,680.3 megawatts on Saturday night, during which Bangkok’s temperature was recorded at 32 degrees Celsius. Such peak consumption […]
Thailand’s EGAT considers 12 firms for LNG imports
BANGKOK, April 22 (Reuters) – State-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has narrowed its list of potential liquefied natural gas sources to 12 companies, for importing up to 1.5 million metric tonnes per annum for the first time as the government liberalizes the energy sector to boost competition. Thailand’s largest power producer, EGAT, expects to […]
Wind farm launches earlier than scheduled in Thailand’s south
Bundit Sapianchai, BCPG President and CEO said that on April 11, the 10-MW wind farm in Pak Panang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, operated by Lom Ligor Co Ltd, an affiliate of BCPG Group, started selling electricity to the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) ahead of schedule. COD was previously scheduled for the second quarter of […]
Commerce Ministry talks up benefits of palm oil for generating power
While the Thai government is promoting the use of palm oil to produce power, the latest price of the oil remains lower than the cost of producing it because the volume of output was 30% more than the expected quantity. The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will survey the real quantity of palm oil to […]
Thai power firm chose Pöyry for wind farm project
Pöyry, Finland’s international consulting and engineering firm, has revealed it was awared by B. Grimm Power Company, Thailand’s power producers, to work in B. Grimm Power’s latest renewable energy project, the 16MW Bo Thong Wind Farm, located in Mukdahan province, Thailand. As stated in Pöyry’s press release on April 10, 2019, the work included EPC […]
BCPG finalises solar roof system plans
BCPG’s solar roof system is scheduled to be installed at SC Asset’s residential projects in the fourth quarter. BCPG, the renewable power arm of Bangchak Corporation, has completed an agreement with property developer SC Asset to design, install and manage a solar roof system with blockchain technology for local residential projects. BCPG plans to launch […]
Thai energy firm Bangchak invests in California’s EV battery firm
Thailand’s alternative energy giant Bangchak Corporation Pcl has invested an undisclosed amount in California-based innovative battery technology developer Enevate Corp, according to an announcement. The investment has been made through Bangchak Initiative and Innovation Center (BiiC), which earlier had said that it would allocate a budget of over 300 million baht ($9.5 million) to invest […]
