Author: Peter Carlisle

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged three international orders totalling $889 million for hydrocarbon projects, the $11.7-billion engineering conglomerate said on Sunday. “Pipeline for hydrocarbon projects is largely good. Energy sector has picked up in the Gulf and we are bidding for a number of tenders in UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia,” Krishnamurthi Venkataramanan, […]

Dow Chemical Company will more than triple capacity for its “Enlight” polyolefin encapsulant films used in photovoltaic modules, with the construction of two plants including one in Thailand in 2012. The Thai plant will be located in Map Ta Phut, Rayong. Introduced in 2010, the films help improve the reliability and performance of finished photovoltaic […]

The Nation (Thailand) The facility, which will be the largest of its kind in Thailand, is expected to be operational in 2013. While declining to disclose the investment cost of the plant, the company said yesterday that it would have an annual recycling capacity of about 30,000 tonnes. “We have already started the construction of […]

The Highways Department will propose to the new government the construction of five motorways at a cost of Bt180 billion. The department’s director-general Veera Ruengsooksriwong said yesterday that the new inter-provincial motorways would cover a distance of 700 kilometres. Initially the target completion date was 2017, but given the heavy investment required, that target has […]

SCHOTT Solar to supply 67,000 solar modules to Thailand SCHOTT Solar AG announced that it received a large order from Thailand. The company will be delivering 67,000 photovoltaic modules for two solar power plants that Phoenix Solar Singapore has been building just north of Bangkok since June. The two sites will achieve peak output of […]

According to C9 Hotelworks “Phuket Hotel Market Update Mid-Year Edition 2011” which will be released next Tuesday August 9th, Hong Kong based Marco Polo Hotels and InterContinental have signed new properties on the island. The 294 room Marco Polo Resort Phuket will open in Q1 2014. Located on the east coast’s Koh Siray near to […]

Mai-BS (Thailand) has signed an agreement with DuSai Hotel & Resorts Ltd to develop a 5-star category Eco-Resort in the naturally beautiful part of north-eastern Bangladesh. It will be the first true Eco-boutique resort development in the country featuring 78 rooms and suites and a four-bedroom presidential villa with its own private lap pool. Construction […]

Demand is high for solar energy in Thailand, where a pioneering project is afoot in the western province of Kanchanaburi. Finishing touches are being put on the first large-scale direct-steam-generation-based parabolic trough power plant in Asia. The sun shines brightly as about 10 workers clean the troughs before the final reflective layers are fastened to […]

The State Railway of Thailand board yesterday denied a rumour it will soon close down the Airport Rail Link system over liquidity problems and a shortage of spare parts. Supoj Saplom, the transport permanent secretary and chairman of the SRT board, dismissed as untrue a rumour that has been circulating that the liquidity problems and […]