Govt to ramp up fuel price subsidies, cut taxes, suspend debt

Following weeks of protests against rising fuel and living costs, the government has announced a 10-point plan to alleviate the impact of increases in the cost of fuel arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and will also suspend half of farmers’ multimillion baht debt repayments.

SPCG allots B3bn for EEC solar plants

SET-listed SPCG, a pioneer in solar farm development in Thailand, continues to expand its solar energy empire by acquiring land to build new renewable power facilities in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Plan aims for 50% renewable by 2050

The government looks set to create a new national power development plan to increase the proportion of renewable energy used to generate electricity to 50% of all energy types by 2050.

Power bills will rise in May

The Energy Regulatory Commission has decided to raise the fuel tariff (FT) included in electricity charges for three months, from May to August.