Vietnam’s EVN and Laos’ Phongsubthavy Group sign power purchase agreements for two hydropower projects The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and Phongsubthavy Group of Laos on January 4, 2020 signed power purchase agreements (PPA) for the 69MW Nam San 3A and 45MW Nam San 3B hydropower plant projects in Hà Nội. The signing ceremony took place […]
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Thailand’s Minor International group to open Avani Kota Kinabalu hotel by 2022 Minor International PLC’s Avani Hotels & Resorts Group headquartered in Bangkok seeks to open its Avani Kota Kinabalu in Luyang, latest by end of 2022. This will add some 378 rooms to make up beyond 4,000 new hotel rooms expected by then, in […]
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Power firm B Grimm aims for expansion at home Thailand and abroad B Grimm CEO Preeyanart Soontornwata said the plan included collaborating with Small Power Producers (SPP) using natural gas and a natural gas power plant in Malaysia, which is in a high potential industrial estate. The company is studying investments in South Korea and […]
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Valor Hospitality Expands Globally Into Asia With Addition of Two Thai Hotels in Bangkok and Sri Racha Valor Hospitality (Valor) announced today that its new Asia division has been selected to provide hospitality management services to two hotels and a luxury residential property on the world’s most populous continent. The hotels include the continent’s first […]
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Gunkul Engineering to take control of 87-MW Thai solar portfolio The board of Thailand-based Gunkul Engineering Pcl (BKK:GUNKUL) has approved the proposed acquisition of an additional 33% stake in the owner of a solar power business with 87 MWp of operating capacity. Specifically, Gunkul Engineering will buy some 5.16 million shares in Infinite Alternative Energy […]
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Thailand Government plans biomass power plants using Napier grass from communities this year The government plans to build biomass power plants with the use of Napier grass supplied by local communities this year, in an effort to create jobs and incomes, stimulate the local economy and strengthen national energy security. Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijrawong visited […]
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No big transboundary impact on Thailand from planned Laos’ Luang Prabang hydro-electric power plant Thais fear impact of Lao dams but fail to realise they are to meet their power demands The hydro-electric power plant planned in Luang Prabang will not have any big transboundary impact on Thailand, said the head of Laos’ Department of […]
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Thai port authorities consider third container terminal in Bangkok The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) has begun a feasibility study to develop another container terminal in Bangkok Port and will discuss investments over a period of 2–3 years. It is projected that having another container terminal will increase the annual throughput of Bangkok Port from […]
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Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport second-phase expansion 60 per cent ready, will be opened in November 2020 By THE NATION The second-phase expansion of Suvarnabhumi Airport is 60 per cent complete and will be opened in November 2020, a senior Airports of Thailand (AOT) official said. AOT senior executive vice president Anake Teeraviwatchai said construction of the […]
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Myanmar’s Mee Laung Gyaing LNG project to commence construction soon Construction of a power generation project in Mee Laung Gyaing, Ayeyarwady Region will take place after a power purchase agreement is signed within the first three months of the year. Zhefu Holding Group of China and local firm Supreme Trading Co will invest US$2.57 billion […]
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