Author: Peter Carlisle

World’s largest rooftop panel installation underway at Falken Tyre’s Rayong plant in Thailand Comprising 40,000 solar panels with a total output of 22MW, the plant in Rayong will generate solar power to manufacture Falken tyres for Europe and contribute to total annual CO2 emissions reduction of 38,000 tonnes The world’s largest rooftop solar panel installation […]

Thonburi Healthcare Group set to spend B5bn on projects from 2023-25 SET-listed Thonburi Healthcare Group Plc (THG) will spend 5 billion baht between 2023 and 2025 funding various investment projects, including the construction of new hospitals in Thailand and Vietnam, as it aims to benefit from the full reopening of countries. Investment in greenfield and […]

Thai Cabinet defers on Orange Line mass-transit project The cabinet yesterday (14.03.2023)  decided to drop the Orange Line mass-transit project from its meeting agenda due to insufficient information. Earlier, former massage parlour tycoon Chuvit Kamolvisit alleged irregularities in the bidding for the project overseen by the Transport Ministry under Saksayam Chidchob of Bhumjaithai. Before yesterday’s […]

Sukhumbhand facing graft charges on Bangkok’s Green Line extension contracts signed in 2012 NACC names 13 individuals and entities in connection with extension contract signed in 2012 MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra, shown above at a news conference in 2016, is among 13 individuals and entities named by the National Anti-Corruption Commission in connection with alleged irregularities […]

Rayong to Bangkok bullet train project still on hold In spite of many predictions and promises, there is still no final Cabinet approval for the long-anticipated high-speed train network linking the two Bangkok airports (Don Mueang International Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport) with the now-expanded U-tapao airport near Rayong. According to the Eastern Economic Corridor, which […]

Construction accidents with cranes too often in Thailand In the past fortnight, two construction accidents involving cranes have occurred, with one crane collapsing onto Rama II Road, one of the country’s busiest arterial roads. At around 11pm on March 7, a crane toppled onto an outbound section of Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon province. […]

Thailand’s first urban rail network outside of Bangkok to be built from 2024 in Khon Kaen An ambitious plan to build the first urban rail network outside of Bangkok will come to fruition in the north-eastern city of Khon Kaen. Work will begin in 2024 on a 26km light rail system to run through the […]

Measures sought to stimulate Thai residential demand The next government should revise loan-to-value (LTV) limits, reduce the minimum land size for low-rise houses and extend the leasehold period to stimulate residential demand amid unfavourable conditions, according to property associations. Meesak Chunharuckchot, president of the Thai Real Estate Association, said the easing of LTV limits should […]