Krabi’s fragile ecosystems are under threat from our dependency on fossil fuels. Photo: Kallerna Stakeholders and villagers in Krabi’s Neua Khlong district have been deeply divided about the controversial plans of the Energy Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to build a B60 billion coal-fired power plant in addition to a seaport for unloading and transporting […]
Continue Reading26 March 2014 P2 Energy Solutions celebrated the opening of its new office in Bangkok, Thailand. P2 already has a very solid customer base in Thailand – including the national petroleum and exploration company PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) – arising from its acquisition of ISS Group in 2013. P2 has delivered a number of […]
Continue Reading24 March 2014 Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Power Co recently clinched a US$700-million syndicated loan to develop a 410-megawatt hydropower plant on the Boloven plateau in Champasak in the south of Laos. The project is expected to generate 1,860GWh per year. PNPC is controlled by four leading multinational power companies – SK Engineering and Construction Co with […]
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SIEM REAP, 17 March 2014: Officials acknowledge construction of the new Siem Reap International Airport terminal has been delayed for a third time due to a hold-ups in design and layout approval. The airport chairman, Tek Reth Samrach, told local media that construction of the US$1 billion project should start this August. “They already cleared […]
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The following article was translated from Chinese media: The trade route to the Indian Ocean through theMalacca Strait has the problems of pirates, shipwrecks, haze, sediment and shoals. Its rate of accidents is twice as high as the Suez Canal and four times higher than the Panama Canal. An alternative shorter route is to build a […]
Continue Reading12 March 2014 SGX-Catalist listed Sustainable Engineering Solutions Provider Metax Engineering Corporation Ltd. said its subsidiaries have won a total of around S$33 million worth of palm oil bio-refining and bio-energy engineering projects in Malaysia and Thailand. The addition of these projects brings the Group’s current order book to S$60 million to date, which is […]
Continue Reading10 March 2014 China New Energy Ltd Monday said it has won a deal to build a second biorefinery for Ubon Ethanol Co Ltd in Thailand. The new memorandum of understanding covers the construction of a new refinery to replace an existing biorefinery converting cassava feedstock into 100,000 tonnes a year of anhydrous fuel grade […]
Continue ReadingConstruction on AL_A‘s ‘Bangkok Central Embassy’ is coming to a close. with the first phase set to open to the public in may 2014, the structure will bring new life to the former gardens of the british embassy in thailand’s capital, along ploenchit road – the city’s primary commercial artery – offering retail, entertainment and […]
Continue ReadingAt least 11 construction workers were killed Tuesday when a big cement beam fell on them in a Bangkok suburb, at the site where they were working, Thai police said. About 27 workers were on their lunch break — some of them eating, others just resting — in the district of Bangpli when the beam […]
Continue ReadingThe “Shutdown Bangkok” campaign waged on the streets of the Thai capital by opposition groups – and continuing political instability – may have temporarily dented the image of the “Land of a Thousand Smiles”, but Bangkok’s estate agents remain bullish. “Buyers have a bit of a wait-and-see attitude at the moment,” says Claude Wagner, director […]
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