Author: Peter Carlisle

No need for Government’s energy sector priority in Thailand BANGKOK POST EDITORIAL COLUMN In an attempt to bring the country out of the economic slump caused by Covid-19, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government is doing what any other government would do: injecting money into the system through economic stimulus packages. What is strange, however, is the […]

Vietnam approves 7 GW of new wind projects Vietnam has given the green light to almost a hundred new wind energy installations, indicating the nation keeps powering ahead with renewables amid fears of looming power shortages as its industry and population boom. The Vietnamese government on Thursday (25 June) formally approved 7 gigawatts (GW) worth […]

Vattanac commences construction of $140 million brewery in Cambodia, will employ 1,500 workers Vattanac Brewery Ltd, a subsidiary of Vattanac Group, a prominent business in Cambodia, yesterday broke ground for the construction of a nearly $140 million brewery factory in the capital. The brewery will be in Robos Angkanh village Sangkat Prek Eng, Khan Chbar […]

B.Grimm Power aiming for second LNG licence for power plant SET-listed B.Grimm Power (BGRIM) will ask the government to grant it a second licence to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it is developing a new gas-fired power plant. In May, the firm was approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission to import 650,000 tonnes of […]

Bidding on Fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge project scheduled for July 2020 Bridge to link Thailand’s Bueng Kan province with Laos’ Bolikhamsai province across Mekong River Bidding on the construction of the Fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge project is scheduled in July with a winning contractor being scheduled to sign for it in August, confirmed government spokeswoman […]

B.Grimm Power initiates development of the world’s largest hybrid power supply system to serve Rayong’s U-tapao airport and the Eastern Airport City (EAC) Hybrid power supply is made up of an 80MW gas-fired power plant and a 15MW solar photovoltaic farm, as well as a 50MW energy storage system (ESS) SET-listed B.Grimm Power, Thailand’s top […]

BSR Joint Venture ready to invest on Bangkok’s MRT Yellow Line extension BSR will not pay for MRT’s loss of commuters By The Nation BTS Group Holdings (BTS) has written to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) to state that the BSR Joint Venture is ready to invest in the construction of the 2.6-kilometre Ratchada-Lat […]

Bids for extension of Bangkok’s MRT Orange Line to be invited in July 2020 By THE NATION The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) will call bids for the extension of the Orange Line mass transit system next month and expects the contract signing to be completed within December. The MRTA board meeting on […]

Vestas Bags 48 MW Wind Turbine Order in Quang Tri Province of Vietnam Vestas has secured a 48 MW order with Vietnamese developer, Phong Lieu Wind Power JSC for a wind project located in the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam. This win marks Vestas’ eighth wind project in the province, bringing its footprint in this […]

China Railways set to conduct feasibility study for $9bn 650km medium-speed Myanmar railway between Mandalay and planned deep sea port and industrial zone at Kyauk Pyu A China Railway Group subsidiary has made an application to conduct feasibility studies for a 650km medium-speed railway in Myanmar. China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group is hoping to investigate […]