Thailand’s energy sector has come under increasing pressure in recent years. Rising energy prices as a result of economic growth, inflation and the removal of distorting subsidies have sparked public unrest. Continued economic growth has also raised question marks over energy security: over the last 25 years, energy consumption has grown at 6.2 per cent […]
Continue ReadingThailand will conduct a study on the construction of a nuclear power plant, the energy minister said. Speaking after a seminar on “No Shortage of Thai Energy: Thai Logistics in Progress”, Arak Chonlatanon said the ministry was preparing the country’s new power production capacity development plan (PDP 2012) to ensure energy sufficiency. Thailand has utilised about […]
Continue ReadingThe Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will probe allegations of graft and ineffectiveness in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s multi-billion-baht Rama IX-Ramkhamhaeng “giant tunnel” and six other water drainage facilities, DSI chief Tharit Pengdit announced yesterday. The investigation is in response to a request submitted to the DSI by Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit against […]
Continue ReadingBangkok Pheu Thai MPs Vicharn Meenchainant, Jirayu Huangsap and Polapoom Wipatpoom-iprathet have called for the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) and the Transport Ministry to reconsider an existing plan to construct a train line from Chaeng Watthana Road to Min Buri. Mr Vicharn said that instead of following the current plan […]
Continue ReadingST Electronics was awarded a contract by VGI Global Media Public Company Limited to supply half height platform screen doors for the BTS SkyTrain in Bangkok,Thailand. The S$13m contract includes two-year maintenance services of the doors, which will be installed in nine BTS Skytrain stations. Work has commenced and is expected to be completed at […]
Continue ReadingThe revised Power Development Plan (PDP) spanning 2013-30 requires a total budget of 800 billion baht for power plants and transmission lines, said the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). The PDP, which was revised a month ago, aims to add 55,000 megawatts of new capacity by 2030, said Pongdith Potchana, Egat’s deputy governor for […]
Continue ReadingLloyd’s has published an analysis of the floods that hit Thailand in October 2011, which notes that “after weeks of slowly spreading their way through many of Thailand’s provinces, flood waters eventually reached the capital city, Bangkok. There they remained for several weeks, inundating large swathes of the city and causing damage to homes and […]
Continue ReadingFrance’s Alstom is considering a plan to build a manufacturing facility for train components in Thailand as the global production base in a move to grow its presence and sharpen competitiveness against arch rival Siemens. Didier Farez, the president of Alstom (Thailand) Ltd, said the company has been approached by the Mass Rapid Transit Authority […]
Continue ReadingThe Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) is looking to go ahead with the pink line electric train construction, linking Khae Rai and Min Buri. According to MRTA Governor Yongsit Rojsrikul, the company will hold a bidding for the construction of the pink line at the beginning of next year. He hoped the new […]
Continue ReadingAfter wading through flooded roads and getting stuck in heavy traffic congestion over the past two weeks, Bangkok residents have started to question City Hall’s flood drainage capacity. The city’s flooding was triggered by heavier-than-usual rainfall. The focus of the criticism is the multi-billion baht Rama IX-Ramkhamhaeng giant tunnel and six other water drainage facilities […]
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