Author: Peter Carlisle

Kiakkai bridge across Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River gets approval to ease traffic congestion around Thailand’s new parliament complex A proposed bridge across the Chao Phraya River designed to ease traffic congestion around the new parliament complex has been given the green light. A committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon approved the Kiakkai bridge […]

Thailand’s Electricity Generating Plc (Egco) to venture into the energy storage system (ESS) business SET-listed Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), a subsidiary of the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, will venture into the energy storage system (ESS) business by partnering with a global company. Egco, currently in talks with several firms in the battery industry, […]

Thailand’s 30-day closing and lockdown of construction worker camps needs a rethink On June 27, the government announced that accommodation for workers both inside and outside of construction sites, transformation sites or demolition sites would be temporarily closed, while movement of workers would be prohibited temporarily for at least 30 days. The government reacted quickly […]

Fire at a chemical factory in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province; city planning allows residential areas close to factories The fire at a chemical factory in Thailand’s Samut Prakan province raises a lot of questions about city planning and, in particular, about laws on industrial facilities. An expert says the history of the area is something […]

Thailand buys TANA mobile waste shredder for Waste-to-Energy (W2E) plant Thailand is responding to the growing demand for electricity with a network of small Waste-to-Energy (W2E) plants. Agon Pacific’s TANA 440DT mobile waste shredder produces fuel for one of these W2E plants from factory-rejected car tires that are unfit for road use. In Prachinburi, Thailand, […]

Global Power Synergy, the power arm of Thailand’s PTT to invest $635m in Asian renewables Global Power Synergy, the power arm of Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas group PTT, will invest THB20 billion ($635 million) in renewable energy across Asia including China and India. The company will borrow the fund from PTT for investment focusing […]