Author: Peter Carlisle

Pöyry’s Energy business group has been awarded an Owner’s Engineering Services Contract for two new Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plants in Thailand by Amata B.Grimm Power (Rayong) 1 Limited and Amata B.Grimm Power (Rayong) 2 Limited.  The projects will run concurrently with a five month interval between Notice to Proceed for each project. The value […]

Homebuyers can shop around at their leisure as residential prices should remain stable for the rest of this year, since building material suppliers are facing weak consumer purchasing power and high market competition. Most suppliers say that although oil prices and interest rates are going up, they still have to shoulder the higher costs because […]

Thailand’s largest private power producer Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding has entered into a shareholder agreement for a cogeneration small power producer (SPP) project with capacity of 122 MW of electricity and 15 tonnes per hour of steam. The project is located in the Nava Nakorn Industrial Promotion Zone in Pathum Thani, and commercial operation is […]

Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production is on track to commence production at its new Pla Thong 2 gas field in the Gulf of Thailand by year-end. President Pairoj Kaweeyanun said yesterday that construction of the US$3.1-billion (Bt95.8 billion) gas field was still on schedule. Pla Thong 2 will start producing natural gas at 330 million […]

The latest firm to present itself as a contender for building Phuket’s light rail system yesterday proposed building a skytrain – like the one in Bangkok – as the island’s mass transit system instead. Tophon Kraianupongsa, managing director of Gold Phoenix Construction Consulting (Thailand) Co Ltd, yesterday pitched the idea to Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha […]

Centara Hotels & Resorts has signed a management contract with Oversee Construction Co Ltd for a new Bangkok property to be called the Centara Watergate Pavillion Hotel. Located in the popular business and tourist district of Pratunam, the premium four-star hotel will have 288 rooms as well as two restaurants and bars, the Spa Cenvaree, […]

Pace Development Co plans to raise its capital by one-third to four billion baht this year and start construction piling for its MahaNakhon luxury project this month to bolster buyers’ confidence after a six-month delay. At the same time, its Israeli partner, Industrial Buildings Corporation (IBC), is committed to continuing its investment in the 18-billion-baht […]