Mercedes-Benz awaits EV clarity as officials go mum
Mercedes-Benz Thailand may delay its investment in the electric vehicle industry here after seeing no clear direction from the government to translate EV policy into action. The German luxury car maker is calling on the government to hasten its plan to develop infrastructure to accommodate EV drivers.
Ratch giving Teco to Hin Kong Power
Ratch Group has announced a plan to decommission the wholly owned Tri Energy (Teco), a 20-year-old operator of a combined-cycle power plant, after its power purchase agreement (PPA) with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) expired on June 23. Kijja Sripatthangkura, Ratch’s chief executive, said the company will have Hin Kong Power, which is jointly owned […]
Cabinet accepts B200bn in energy schemes
The cabinet on Tuesday acknowledged the Energy Ministry’s plan to accelerate investment in energy projects worth more than 200 billion baht, starting later this year, in a collective move to help reboot the economy. According to Rachada Dhnadirek, deputy government spokeswoman, the Energy Ministry has pledged to rev up spending on large-scale energy projects and renewable […]
Energy minister comes up with plan to spark Thai economy
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong has come up with a plan to help mitigate the impact of Covid-19 and plans to propose it to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam on Thursday (June 25). Sontirat said this plan will help accelerate investments, such as community power plants to stimulate the grassroots economy, promote the country […]
Minister seeks solar rooftop revisions
Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong has demanded a revision of conditions for the solar rooftop project within two months to encourage more households to produce and sell power to the state grid.
Tetra Pak Thailand aims at zero emission by 2030
Tetra Pak, the multinational food packaging giant based in Sweden and Switzerland, announced on 30 June 2020 that the company aims to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in its own operations by 2030. The ambition is to reach net zero emissions across the value chain by 2050, supporting this with an intermediate 2030 target […]
Energy spending sped up
Energy policymakers are accelerating budget spending worth 230 billion baht through development projects, hoping to inject huge investment into the staggering economy during the rest of the year. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, who met Energy Ministry officials on Thursday, said Thailand needs investment to stimulate the economy in the post-pandemic era, starting in the second […]
New Egat contract cuts gas purchases from PTT
State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is fuelling its growth in liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping by reducing its gas purchases from national energy conglomerate PTT in a new 10-year contract. The move came after the Egat board approved the import of an additional 4 million tonnes of LNG from 2020 to 2022, paving the […]
