Author: Peter Carlisle

Cambodia’s Koh Kong International Airport granted larger grounds for new investments 13 January 2020 The government on Monday approved the relocation of the planned Koh Kong International Airport to provide it with larger grounds to accommodate additional development projects. In an announcement, the Office for the Council of Ministers informed the government that it had […]

Gulf Energy Development forms JV to supply utility services for Thailand’s largest mixed-use project, One Bangkok SET-listed Gulf Energy Development Plc on Friday announced a joint venture for power distribution and a district cooling system for the country’s largest mixed-use project, One Bangkok The deal is worth 3.57 billion baht under a 30-year contract. Gulf […]

Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court clears Charoen Pokphand Group’s bid for Eastern Airport City contract The Supreme Administrative Court on Friday ordered the navy to accept the Charoen Pokphan Group (CP)-led consortium’s bid for the 290-billion-baht Eastern Airport City Project, overruling the Administrative Court’s ruling. The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that the bidding contest would better […]

JinkoSolar panels to power 150 MW of solar parks in Cambodia JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd will be delivering photovoltaic (PV) panels for three projects in Cambodia with a combined capacity of 150 MW. The Chinese firms Cheetah solar panels will be installed at two PV parks in Pursat province’s Krakor district, of 60 MW and […]

Vietnam’s EVN and Laos’ Phongsubthavy Group sign power purchase agreements for two hydropower projects The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and Phongsubthavy Group of Laos on January 4, 2020 signed power purchase agreements (PPA) for the 69MW Nam San 3A and 45MW Nam San 3B hydropower plant projects in Hà Nội. The signing ceremony took place […]

Thailand’s Minor International group to open Avani Kota Kinabalu hotel by 2022 Minor International PLC’s Avani Hotels & Resorts Group headquartered in Bangkok seeks to open its Avani Kota Kinabalu in Luyang, latest by end of 2022. This will add some 378 rooms to make up beyond 4,000 new hotel rooms expected by then, in […]

Power firm B Grimm aims for expansion at home Thailand and abroad B Grimm CEO Preeyanart Soontornwata said the plan included collaborating with Small Power Producers (SPP) using natural gas and a natural gas power plant in Malaysia, which is in a high potential industrial estate. The company is studying investments in South Korea and […]

Valor Hospitality Expands Globally Into Asia With Addition of Two Thai Hotels in Bangkok and Sri Racha Valor Hospitality (Valor) announced today that its new Asia division has been selected to provide hospitality management services to two hotels and a luxury residential property on the world’s most populous continent. The hotels include the continent’s first […]

Gunkul Engineering to take control of 87-MW Thai solar portfolio The board of Thailand-based Gunkul Engineering Pcl (BKK:GUNKUL) has approved the proposed acquisition of an additional 33% stake in the owner of a solar power business with 87 MWp of operating capacity. Specifically, Gunkul Engineering will buy some 5.16 million shares in Infinite Alternative Energy […]