Author: Peter Carlisle

A Thai government fact-finding committee concluded that the electrical power blackout in 14 southern provinces on May 21 was not caused by human error but by force majeur. Deputy permanent secretary for energy Kurujit Nakornthap speaking in his capacity as head of the panel said that the committee concluded that the power outage was the […]

Tadano, the Japanese crane maker, has started production at its 310-million-baht… link:http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/352890/rayongsite-of-crane-maker-fifth-global-plant

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to install additional water pumps and construct a flood drainage tunnel on Sri Nakarin Road, which is one of the flood-prone areas of the capital. Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said that as Sri Nakarin Road has experienced severe flooding during the past few years, more measures are set […]

TPI Polene, one of Thailand’s top three cement producers, has awarded ThyssenKrupp a EUR150m contract to build a 10,000tpd kiln line at the Saraburi works, near the capital Bangkok. “This contract underlines our longstanding partnership with Thailand in the plant construction sector. We are delighted to be able to use our engineering expertise to support […]

Thailand-based clean-energy project specialist Natural Energy Development (NED) has finished building an 84MW solar plant in the country. NED invested roughly 10bn Thai baht ($334m) to construct the PV plant in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok. The installation features 640,000 of Sharp’s thin-film modules.   It is still scouting locations in Nahkon Ratchasima province, northeast […]

Following the spin-off of construction giant Italian-Thai Development, Italthai Group, under the leadership of president Yuttachai Jonajit, plans to pursue four business lines and tap the Asian Economic Community (AEC) market. The four core businesses are: distribution of construction machinery and equipment; engineering services for the four core businesses, including energy, electricity and factory systems; […]

Egat Governor Sutas Patamasiriwat said the existing three plants in the South were only able to supply 1,600 megawatts of power, while the region consumes about 2,200MW. Hence, he said, Egat had no choice but to go ahead with the coal-fired plant in Krabi and plan for more. On Tuesday night, 14 provinces in the […]

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) on Wednesday apologised for the massive power blackout in 14 southern provinces on Tuesday night and explained how it happened. “Egat would like to apologise to the people for this incident. We have ordered an inspection of all electric power transmission lines to the South to prevent a […]

Local industry support from major organisations 2-4 October 2013 at the IMPACT Exhibition & Convention Centre, Bangkok POWER-GEN Asia and Renewable Energy World Asia, the region’s premier conference and exhibition for all aspects of the power generation industry, will return to Bangkok, Thailand from 2nd to 4th October 2013, at the IMPACT Exhibition & Convention […]