Author: Peter Carlisle

Thai and Danish firms to study nuclear power-barge plan Thai power company Global Power Synergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to explore the possibility of a nuclear “power barge” for Thailand. Seaborg has developed a small modular reactor (SMR) that uses molten salt as its coolant. It can be installed […]

Construction of two new Thai airports – Andaman Airport in the South and Lanna Airport in the North – to start in 2027 Feasibility studies for two new international airports in Thailand – Andaman Airport in the South and Lanna Airport in the North – should be complete this year with construction set to start […]

Gulf Energy signs agreement for 25 solar farms in Thailand with Egat Gulf Energy Development Plc, a leading private power producer, has announced the completion of power purchase agreements for the construction of 25 solar farms with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). This initiative is expected to aid the government in managing electricity […]

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport can shine again Bangkok Post Editorial When it was opened to the public in 2006, Suvarnabhumi Airport reflected the mood and aspirations of the entire nation. The airport’s main terminal — a sprawling glass-and-steel structure that covered an area of about 500,000 square metres before its subsequent expansions — was designed to […]

Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports set for $4.8bn expansion The operator of Thailand’s two main airports plans to spend about US$4.8 billion to more than double capacity by the end of the decade to cope with a surge in post-coronavirus-pandemic tourism. In the biggest expansion of Suvarnabhumi airport since it opened in 2006 in […]

Air force Kantarat golf course out, Bangkok’s Don Mueang airport runway link in Airports of Thailand (AoT) might have to pay at least three billion baht in compensation to the air force if it decides to adopt the area that is currently home to the air force’s Kantarat Golf Course, said Defence Ministry spokesman Jirayu […]

Airports of Thailand aims for Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport to return to world’s top 50 airports New procedures and annex to boost rank Airports of Thailand (AoT) plans to upgrade Suvarnabhumi airport, aiming to make it one of the world’s top 50 by next year and top 20 by 2028, Kirati Kijmanawat, AoT director says. Mr […]