14 power plants to be given more time to start up
The government has given the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) the go-ahead to extend the deadline for 14 renewable power plants to start commercial operations. The Energy Policy Administrative Committee (Epac) approved the ERC proposal after many operators called for the government to ease the commercial operations date (COD) conditions.
EEC endorses waste management plan
The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Policy Committee has approved a waste management plan in the corridor’s three provinces to deal with 5.57 million tonnes within 12 years. Under the plan, the panel aims to set up a prototype project in Rayong for waste-to-energy power generation with a capacity of 10 megawatts, with the plan feeding […]
Pilot EV fleet to deliver post
Thailand Post Co and Banpu Infinergy Co (BPIN) have launched a pilot fleet of electric-powered vehicles to deliver parcels in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Kalong Subsaart, senior executive vice-president of Thailand Post, said Banpu delivered electric-powered vehicles to Thailand Post under the partnership for the testing phase of postal transport.
Singapore set to become world’s first sustainable palm oil nation
[KUALA LUMPUR] Singapore could become the world’s first country to only use sustainable palm oil as part of a green push to tackle forest fires and air pollution blighting South-east Asia. Palm oil is the world’s most widely used edible oil and found in everything from margarine to soap. Its production has led to deforestation, […]
Eight action plans to address a global emergency
It is crucial that important changes are made in the buildings and construction sector if we are to successfully implement the agenda related to the Paris Agreement at the 21st Conference of Parties and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” This was the gist of the Global […]
Can the Cement Industry Help Reduce Marine Plastic Waste?
Research at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) suggests that using plastic waste as a fuel additive in the cement industry can help with a substantial reduction in marine plastic pollution in Thailand. Instead of converting plastic into electricity, AIT researchers estimated the potential of converting plastic into heat. While the efficiency of converting plastic […]
Finnish electricity generator installed in Cambodia
Two generators worth some $400 million that the government bought from Finland and Germany earlier this year will generate an additional 400MW of electricity by June 2020, which will help reduce dry season power shortages., Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, H.E.Victor Jona said on 2nd December 2019. MR. Jona, the Director General of General […]
Southeast Asia’s modern-day plague
Southeast Asia is known for its vast rainforests which constitute about almost 20 percent of forest cover with the richest biodiversity in the world. What the region is also known for is its alarming rate of deforestation. Southeast Asia has the highest rate of deforestation of any major tropical region followed by Latin America and Africa. […]
