By Jutharat ThipnamphaThe Nation The Science Ministry, in cooperation with the Dutch embassy, is working on a flood-prevention plan as a long-term resolution of the erosion and problems caused by rising sea levels faced by Bangkok and coastal provinces. The Netherlands, in its capacity as a world expert in dam construction and flood management, has […]
Continue ReadingMitr Phol, Asia’s largest sugar producer, will invest 3.7 billion baht in its new renewable energy projects in Thailand and expand the group’s power business to neighbouring countries, starting with a biomass plant China. The group has also targeted development of other types of power plants including solar and co-generation, said Suwat Kamolpanus, managing director […]
Continue ReadingWater Engineering has partnered Chokyuenyong Industrial in Thailand to cut effluent COD pollution levels at its cassava production plant by more than 95 per cent while extracting gas from its wastewater to power its boilers and generate electricity for its own use and to sell back to the provincial grid. Processing 1200 tons of cassava […]
Continue ReadingThe Nation (Thailand) Suwat Kamolpanus, managing director of the company’s power business, yesterday said the company had seven sugar mills in China. All of them are in Guangxi autonomous region in the south of the country, and two have sugar refineries, which enable the company to build biomass power plants. Mitr Phol Group has been […]
Continue ReadingElectricity costs could rise this year because of temporary stoppages in natural-gas supply from the Gulf of Thailand and Burma, which will force the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to resort to the more expensive alternative of bunker oil. Egat estimates it will need 216 million litres of bunker oil this year to replace natural […]
Continue ReadingFrench giant explores renewable power opportunities in Asia GDF Suez, the world’s largest independent power producer, is looking to expanding its investment in renewable energy in Asia which it sees as a source of “decarbonated” power. “We intend to develop not only fossil fuel power but also renewable energy because it is clean energy,” said […]
Continue ReadingPuravarna CEO in Phuket Prison Awaiting Trial By Chutima Sidasathian ALLEGED Phuket property swindler Steven James Granville has been transferred from Bangkok to Phuket Prison to await trial over the failed Puravarna brand. Mr Granville, 44, the executive officer of a Phuket-based property development firm, Puravarna Resorts Co, denies accusations of fraud involving more than […]
Continue ReadingLoxley, teamed with Samart Corp, won bid for Thailand’s state-owned phone operator TOT Plc’s nationwide 3G rollout with Bt16.29 billion for a contract to be signed in February. TOT on Friday morning opened a 17.4 billion baht third-generation wireless-spectrum auction online (E-auction) for procurement to expand Thailand’s 3G network. The auction took place for only […]
Continue ReadingLoxley, teamed with Samart Corp, won bid for Thailand’s state-owned phone operator TOT Plc’s nationwide 3G rollout with Bt16.29 billion for a contract to be signed in February. TOT on Friday morning opened a 17.4 billion baht third-generation wireless-spectrum auction online (E-auction) for procurement to expand Thailand’s 3G network. The auction took place for only […]
Continue ReadingChevron hopes to advance the startup of a $3.1 billion natural-gas project in the Gulf of Thailand to this year, in the latest step by the U.S. major to cash in on booming Asian demand for cleaner-burning fuels. The acceleration of the timetable for the Platong II project from 2012 reflects rising Thai consumption of […]
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