A scene from the construction site./Vientiane Times After beginning in 2012, the construction of the US$3.5 billion Xayaboury dam is now about 50 per cent complete, according to a report by Vientiane Times. When it becomes operational in 2019, about 95 percent of the 1,285-megawatt electricity produced will be sold to Thailand. The project’s shareholders […]
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The Singapore-based renewables firm wants to bring in the turbine maker’s technology to fan wind development in areas with low wind speed. Wind farm in Bangui Bay, Philippines. Southeast Asia has only about 0.5 GW of wind power capacity at the end of 2014, according to a report from REN21. Singapore’s renewable energy developer The […]
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Three Thai families, the Chearavanont, Chirathivat and Ratanarak families, are among Asia’s richest families in 2015 ranked by Forbes Asia magazine. The Chearavanont family, which controls the Charoen Pokphand Group, ranked fourth among the 50 richest families with US$19.9 billion in net worth, according to the magazine’s latest issue, which was published yesterday. The Chirathivat […]
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A villager holds up a flag in protest at plans to build a new coal-fired power plant in Krabi. (Bangkok Post file photo) A new power plant is needed in Krabi to ensure a continued, adequate electricity supply for people on the Andaman coast because demand is rising 4.5% or more each year, according to […]
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Visual from Sembcorp website The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning to invest $40 million in 225 megawatt combined cycle gas turbine power plant at Mandalay. The investment will be in form of debt financing for the power plant, which will be built by a consortium of companies including, the Singapore-based Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd […]
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Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has told State Railway of Thailand (SRT) executives to speed up the controversial procurement of seven new trains for the Airport Rail Link by 2018. Two trains sit at a maintenance depot of SRT Electrified Train Co (SRTET), which runs the Airport Rail Link, in Soi Soonvijai on New Phetchaburi Road. Patipat […]
Continue ReadingPrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday dismissed the latest round of rumours that the government plans to dig a canal across the Kra Isthmus. He was responding to a report by China’s state broadcaster CCTV that said China was considering a proposal from the Thai government to develop the canal from the Gulf of Thailand […]
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The heartfelt message from a recent graduate of Chulalongkorn University to his father, who is a garbage truck driver, tugged on the heartstrings of netizens today after his Facebook post became one of the feel-good, most-discussed stories of the day. Klanarong Srisakul, who recently completed his engineering degree, wrote a message to thank his father […]
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Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (R) shake hands with Somsavat Lengsavad, Lao Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economic affairs, in Phnom Penh on Tuesday. Xinhua/Sovannara Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad agreed yesterday to take a closer look at the potential impact of the contentious Don Sahong Dam project just […]
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Laos will need to build four new international airports as the existing four at Wattay, Luang Prabang, Savan and Pakse will be unable to accommodate growing air transport in the coming decades, a minister told the Cabinet. Minister of Public Works and Transport Dr Bounchanh Sinthavong told the recent meeting between the government cabinet, Vientiane […]
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