USA firm pitches massive solar project in Cambodia US-based Omni Navitas pitched a project to the government for a US$500 million (15.6 billion baht) solar power plant that will be built through a joint venture with local firm OmniCam. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with the Commerce Ministry on Wednesday, Jim McAuliffe, chief executive […]
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Tall order for Vestas in Mukdahan, Thailand Rom Klao to feature 13 V136-3.45MW turbines with 162-metre hub heights Vestas is to supply turbines totalling 45MW to Winchai for the Rom Klao wind farm in Mukdahan in north-east Thailand. The project will comprise 13 V136-3.45MW turbines, with hub heights of 162 metres, which Vestas said will […]
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Poipet border town on fast track for development The imminent completion of a rail link between Thailand and Cambodia and the opening of two new international border crossings have renewed prospects for commercial growth in Poipet and pushed up real estate prices. Poipet’s image as a rough-and-tumble casino town is slowly giving way to its […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s new Hanthawaddy International Airport project in central Myanmar in progress Myanmar’s new Hanthawaddy International Airport project, being implemented as a national project in the country’s central Bago region, some 76.8 km north-east of Yangon, is in progress. Upon completion, the airport will represent the fourth and largest of its kind in Myanmar after Yangon, […]
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Britain sells Thailand embassy in Bangkok for record £420m The Foreign Office said it was the biggest sale in its history as well as the biggest land deal ever in Thailand. Britain has sold its embassy in Thailand for a record £420 million. The Foreign Office said it was the biggest sale in its history […]
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APM Launches Flagship Hotel Brand “Zazz Urban” in Bangkok Asia Prestige Management Limited (APM), a driving force of change in property investment and hospitality management, announced the launch of Zazz Urban Bangkok, a 48-room green-inspired urban oasis themed boutique hotel in the heart of Bangkok, Thailand. Ivan Toh, Executive Director, APM, said: “We are thrilled […]
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Road linking Mae Sot with EWEC highway nearly finished The construction of a new road to connect Mae Sot with part of the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) linking Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam is expected to be completed next month. The Department of Rural Roads is accelerating construction of the 5.8-kilometre asphalt-concrete road that will […]
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Scatec Solar planning large-scale projects in Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar Scatec Solar is at early stage development of 50MW+ projects in the South and Southeast Asian nations of Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar. According to a presentation of Q4 2017 results, the firm is negotiating its first 50MW project in Vietnam, is awaiting approval of a […]
Continue ReadingPöyry awarded owner’s engineer services assignment for a gas-fired cogeneration power plant project in Thailand Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited (GPSC) has awarded Pöyry with an owner’s engineer services assignment for Central Utility Plant 4, Phase 1 (CUP4.1), a 48 MW, 140 t/h gas-fired cogeneration power plant project in Rayong, Thailand. This first phase […]
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Phnom Penh’s Gold Tower 42 to finish by 2019 Construction of controversial building Gold Tower 42, originally costing $420 million on the intersection of Monivong and Sihanouk boulevards, will resume shortly, with the project due for completion no later than 2019, the developer said on Sunday. Yon Woo Cambodia – the company that owns the […]
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