Siemens opens new Power Generation Service Centre in Rayong
Siemens formally opened a new Power Generation Service Centre in Thailand on Friday, adding new capabilities to support the growth and sustainability of Thailand’s energy sector, the company said in a press release. Siemens opened the new 1200-square-meter service centre in Rayong to continue its commitment to deliver excellent local services to its customers while […]
Thai Petroleum Company BCP Tests Blockchain-Based Microgrid Platform For Its Fuel Station And Shopping Mall
On March 7, Bangchak Corporation Public Co. Limited an oil refining company announced that it was testing an energy trading platform that is blockchain based and a commercial energy microgrid. BCP implementing a blockchain-based microgrid According to the news release, the blockchain based platform is currently under testing in a major shopping mall associated with […]
Thailand plans world’s biggest floating solar farms to drive green push
BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farms to power South-east Asia’s second-largest economy and to boost the country’s share of clean energy. State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) will float 16 solar farms with a combined capacity of more than 2.7 gigawatts on nine of its hydroelectric dam […]
Thailand, China collaborate to construct petrol pipeline in Northeast
On Wednesday, Thailand’s Minister of Energy Sitthi Chiraphongphan and the first secretary for economy and trade at the Chinese embassy in Thailand witnessed a ceremony to sign a contract for the fuel pipeline expansion project in the Northeast. The contract was signed by Pipeline Network Company–the project’s operator–and China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering–the contractor. The project […]
Thailand’s PTT to up gas investment as country looks beyond coal
BANGKOK — State-owned energy group PTT will spend billions of dollars over the next decade to increase Thailand’s natural gas supply, supporting the government’s efforts to diversify the country’s coal-heavy energy mix.
Thai-listed SUPER to acquire two wind power plants in Vietnam for $18m
Thai-listed energy firm Super Energy Corporation (SUPER), previously known as Superblock, has inked an agreement to purchase two wind power plants in Vietnam for 577 million baht ($18.31 million). The two projects – HBRE PHU YEN and HBRE GIA LAI – have a combined capacity of 250 MW. SUPER will make the transaction via two subsidiaries […]
Mubadala Petroleum signs gas project agreement in Thailand
Mubadala Petroleum, a unit of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company, signed a production sharing contract with Thailand’s PTTEP Energy Development Company (PTTEP ED), its first gas project in South-East Asia’s second-largest economy. The company will work with PTTED ED, a unit of PTT Exploration and Production Public Company, to develop offshore Block G1/61 that contains […]
New recycling plan taps energy fund
A new recycling plan for discarded solar panels and vehicle batteries will stress circular methods. (Photo provided) The government has agreed to use the remaining cash from the Energy Conservation Fund to support a new recycling plan for discarded solar panels and vehicle batteries, in line with the goal of creating a circular economy. The […]
