Thai pledges undermining climate push
BANGKOK: Thailand needs to step up its efforts to combat climate change, as its pledges presented at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow were slammed as “critically insufficient” to keep global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5º Celsius, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.
A renewable energy company in Thailand has electric vehicle dreams
Many people expect electric vehicles to be fixtures in a future world that relies on renewable energy. But not many EV companies started out as renewable energy companies.
Fuel tariff increase drives up electricity pricing in Thailand
Thailand’s energy regulator has decided to raise the FT rate from January to April of 2022 due to the increasing energy prices around the globe. This tariff increase would effectively raise the pricing on electricity bills to 3.78 baht per unit, starting next year.
Power bills poised to rise 4.6% in early 2022
Power bills are set to increase by 4.6% from January to April next year to an average of 3.78 baht per kilowatt hour (unit) as Thailand needs to import costly liquefied natural gas (LNG) for electricity generation, says the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).
Will policies to promote renewable electricity generation be effective? Evidence from panel stationarity and unit root tests for 115 countries
Truckers protest diesel prices at Ministry of Energy
A protest by truckers took place on a Bangkok highway yesterday to bring attention to the high price of diesel. The truckers are calling for a cap on fuel prices, and drove in a convoy to the Ministry of Energy to make their demands known.
Thailand rejects concerns over Lao hydroelectric projects
Thailand’s government has shrugged off concerns voiced by environmentalist groups and agreed to import electricity from several controversial hydroelectric projects on the Mekong River in neighboring Laos.
Sungrow is supplier to Thai solar-plus-storage project featuring Southeast Asia’s biggest BESS
What is thought to be Southeast Asia’s single largest battery energy storage system (BESS) to date will be supplied to a solar PV-plus-storage project in Thailand by Sungrow. The China-headquartered inverter manufacturer said a few days ago that it will supply a comprehensive solution — including 49.01MW of PV inverters and a 45MW / 136.24MWh BESS […]
