Author: Peter Carlisle

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 […]

More than eight million residents and tourists in southern Thailand -– many of them in famous travel hubs such as Phuket, Hat Yai and Koh Samui –- were caught off guard by the country’s biggest-ever power blackout Tuesday night, plunging much of the region into darkness. Nerves were rattled by the sudden power outage, which […]

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) will begin to submerge artificial coral reefs, mixed with lignite fly ash, under the sea in Phetchaburi to prevent its coast from erosion. EGAT has begun its pilot project, sinking 289 concrete piles, mixed with lignite fly ash, as artificial coral reefs and wave barriers at the coast of […]

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced that the construction of a 700-meter moving skywalk from Surasak BTS station to Saphan Taksin station will commence in July. BMA officials said the construction which is expected to be completed within nearly a year is part of ongoing plans to demolish Saphan Taksin station and to directly […]

An Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) inquiry has found substandard building materials caused the deadly collapse of a suspension bridge in Ayutthaya last month. The EIT will send an official report to a government panel investigating the collapse next week. Adisak Khaonoona, chairman of the government panel, said he was made aware of the report’s […]

Burma’s economy is in danger of imitating its floundering western neighbor Bangladesh rather than its more dynamic eastern neighbor Thailand. The problem is not a lack of investment—it’s a lack of electricity. An electricity shortage in Burma is nothing new, but it is becoming more acute as the country’s economy grows and more energy is […]