Author: Peter Carlisle

Thai Govt studies land bridge mega project to connect Gulf of Thailand (Chumphon seaport) and Andaman sea (Ranong seaport) Deputy Government Spokeswoman, Traisulee Traisaranakul announced that the government led by PM and Minister of Defence General Prayut Chan-o-cha is proceeding to reform the Thai economy by strengthening the self-reliance of citizens, as well as investing […]

Thai power firm B.Grimm plans to invest $1.3 billion in in seven gas-fired power plants Construction of the seven power plants will be carried out by Siemens Energy Co Thailand and Toshiba Plant Systems and Services Corporation. Thailand’s B.Grimm Power Pcl said on Friday it plans to invest 40 billion baht ($1.29 billion) in seven […]

Royal Phuket Marina becomes first marina in Thailand to switch to renewable energy The first marina in Thailand to switch to renewable energy, award-winning Royal Phuket Marina (RPM) has gone solar and now gets a big chunk of the power used for its marina operations from a newly installed array of solar panels. Racking up […]

Indorama Ventures, Thai Petrochemicals Giant to Add Green Power to Cut Carbon Print Indorama to boost renewable energy to 30% of total global bill Plans to buy more plastic recycling plants worldwide: Lohia Indorama Ventures Pcl, the world’s top producer of material used in plastic bottles and polyester, plans to quadruple its use of renewable […]

Thailand awards Baht 7.75bn high-speed line construction contract to the SPTK joint venture STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) has awarded a Baht 7.75bn ($US 248.72m) contract for the construction of part of the 873km Bangkok – Nong Khai high-speed rail project to the SPTK joint venture. SPTK is a consortium led by Malaysian construction company […]