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Laos, Myanmar have surplus of megawatts Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country’s bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar and Thailand are committed to complete the Bt1.5-trillion Dawei special economic zone by 2015. Myanmar President Thein Sein and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra reached that agreement during bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 21st Asean Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “Both leaders agreed on the completion of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) reiterates the need for public solutions to address electricity demand in the country, following frequent disruption of natural gas supply from Myanmar in the past few years. The latest supply disruption took place after Myanmar was shaken by a powerful earthquake early morning of Nov 11. Pongdit Potejana, […]
Continue ReadingThai City Electric, a manufacturer and distributor of Sharp electrical appliances, plans to invest between Bt500 million and Bt600 million in a new factory to serve both the domestic and export markets. “We plan to relocate our factory out of the 30-rai plot in the King Kaew area of Samut Prakan, which has reached its […]
Continue ReadingToyo-Thai Corporation (TTCL) is seeking opportunities in Myanmar’s power business through the establishment of two joint ventures in that country. One of the JVs will have Thai Summit Group as a partner. The expansion follows a memorandum of understanding signed with Myanmar’s Ministry of Electric Power on August 10, which paved the way for greater collaboration […]
Continue ReadingA high-speed train project linking southern China, Laos and Thailand could start in 2015 in time for the launch of the Asean Economic Community. Chamaiporn Chuecharoen, the commercial counsellor for Thailand in Kunming, China, said the project envisions a train capable of speeds of 200 kilometres per hour running from Yunnan province to Laos and […]
Continue ReadingFive South Korean companies have recently launched a 500-megawatt (mw) gas-fired combined cycle power plant project in Thakayta township, Myanmar’s Yangon, aimed at fulfilling its power demand in summer of 2014 and supplying electricity to the Thilawa special economic zone (SEZ). The five South Korean companies are Busan Korea Biotechnology Co, Korea Western Power Co, […]
Continue ReadingFive South Korean companies have recently launched a 500-megawatt (mw) gas-fired combined cycle power plant project in Thakayta township, Myanmar’s Yangon, aimed at fulfilling its power demand in summer of 2014 and supplying electricity to the Thilawa special economic zone (SEZ). The five South Korean companies are Busan Korea Biotechnology Co, Korea Western Power Co, […]
Continue ReadingConsumers 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 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 […]
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