Consumers will have to pay twice as much for electricity by 2017 if power generation still relies on natural gas, and the options of nuclear or coal are not included in the National Energy Development Plan. To rectify this, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is revising its power development plan and will propose it […]
Continue ReadingPailin Chuchottaworn, the president and chief executive of Thailand’s energy flagship, said PTT has unused land in the industrial estate that it would like to use for environmentally and socially friendly purposes. “Projects undertaken in this zone will involve small and medium-sized enterprises making bioplastics from sugar cane and which are biodegradable,” he said. Mr […]
Continue ReadingInternational concerns about Lao’s plans to massively dam the Mekong River and its tributaries have again been brushed aside by the authorities in Vientiane who have announced new contracts worth about $1.0 billion to build three dams. The dams will feed a hydropower plant on two tributaries of the Se Kong River, just 100 kilometers from […]
Continue ReadingChairman Anant Kanjanapas said the company also aims to invest 600 million baht to develop a mass transit system at Muang Thong Thani linking with the MRT Pink Line (Khae Rai-Pak Kret and Min Buri). Bangkok Land’s aggressive stance comes after the company achieved a deal to buy back 44.82% of shares in Impact Exhibition […]
Continue ReadingThe move forms part of its preparations for the new regional business environment once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) comes into effect in a little over two years’ time, group chief executive Yuthachai Charanachitta told a news conference yesterday. The group began studying the restructuring of its business three years ago, when there was talk […]
Continue ReadingCambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that the country has no plan to build a nuclear power plant for present time, citing nuclear disasters in Ukraine and Japan. He said that it was a misunderstanding that a neighboring country (Thailand) reportedly said that he allowed the construction of a nuclear power plant in Koh […]
Continue ReadingTraffic congestion at Suvarnabhumi Airport Airports of Thailand will go ahead with Phases 3 and 4 of Suvarnabhumi Airport’s development to boost its annual capacity to 90 million passengers. Its annual capacity is now 45 million. AOT acting president Somchai Sawasdeepon said yesterday that the agency was moving at full steam on the Bt62-billion second phase […]
Continue ReadingMandalay Golden Wings Construction company last week unveiled plans to build the country’s tallest building in Yangon’s Mayangone township. The company has started work on the US$60-million, 34-storey Diamond Inya Palace building on a 2-acre block near Inya Lake, and expects to finish by the end of 2015, a Mandalay Golden Wings spokesperson said last […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Prime Minister Plodprasob Surassawadee vowed yesterday to build a new nuclear research reactor in Thailand within the next five years. “Thailand should have another nuclear reactor. I’ll do my best to start the project again,” Plodprasob said when he presided over the opening of the 2nd Asian Symposium on Material Testing Reactors. The event […]
Continue ReadingBesides the 250-metre chimney stack, the highest man-made structure in this hilly town, Hongsa Power, which is proceeding with construction of its US$3.7-billion (Bt144-billion) coal-fired power plant, is bringing about many other big changes. Coming with construction is the creation of jobs for about 3,000 locals, according to governor Kamsing Sorasuk. Then, with electricity supplied by […]
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