Author: Peter Carlisle

Large banana plantation near Bangkok goes viral, Thai netizens say owner wants to avoid land tax One of the biggest exhibition centres and event venues, Impact Arena, in the central province of Nonthaburi, basically just north of Bangkok, is showing off its large banana plantation on their official Facebook page. The page claims the CEO […]

Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand gives green signal for Bangkok’s Orange Line bids The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will open bidding from Friday for its THB140 billion Orange Line electric railway project. The MRTA announced that interested companies can purchase the “request for proposal documents” (RFP) at its headquarters from Friday […]

Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt vows to fix Bangkok’s Green Line mess Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt on Thursday vowed to find a solution to problems surrounding the long-lasting dispute over the city’s Green Line electric rail system. During a TV interview, Mr Chadchart said he would look into the concessions for operating the Green Line’s extensions, […]

Thailand’s Gulf Energy and Gunkul Engineering join forces to jointly develop 1,000 MW of renewable energy within 5 years GULF announced the establishment of a joint venture company with GUNKUL to jointly drive the nation’s investment and development of renewable energy projects with the aim to reach a target of 1,000 MW within 5 years. […]

Nautilus Data Technologies signs with Thailand’s Raimon Land to build data centers in Thailand and Philippines Nautilus Data Technologies, best known for its floating data centers, has signed a partnership with Thailand luxury property developer Raimon Land. The deal will see Raimon use Nautilus’ water-cooled data center architecture to build facilities in Thailand and other […]

Thailand’s Gunkul Engineering optimistic on outlook for revenue SET-listed Gunkul Engineering, a renewable energy developer and construction firm, expects its revenue to grow sharply by 72% to 16 billion baht in the next couple of years, up from 9.32 billion last year, thanks to expansion of a range of businesses, notably clean energy and cannabis. […]

Several Bangkok areas still hit by floods despite BMA spending billions over 5 years The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has spent more than THB14 billion on 1,333 drainage projects over the past five years but is still unable to solve the flood problem that dogs the capital every year. For instance, heavy rains for almost […]

Christiani & Nielsen Thai slashes 2022 revenue expectations Firm targets B6.2bn earnings by year-end SET-listed contractor Christiani & Nielsen Thai (CNT) downgraded its 2022 revenue target by 5% to 6.2 billion baht, after it won a disappointing number of new contracts in the first five months of this year. Surasak Osathanugraha, CNT’s assistant to the […]

Gulf1 and SCG Cleanergy team to establish SG Solar to sell solar energy in Thailand Gulf1 has teamed up with SCG Cleanergy to establish SG Solar Co (SG Solar) as a joint venture that focuses on solar energy business in Thailand. Each firm will hold a 50% stake in the company. Gulf1 is a subsidiary […]