Every household will have electricity by the end of next year, says Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) governor Numchai Lorwattanatrakul. A vendor near Wat Pho in Bangkok manages her business under low light. The Provincial Electricity Authority is promising to provide electricity to all households in the country next year. It estimates 100,000 homes still do […]
Continue ReadingBANGKOK, 5 December 2014 (NNT)-Thailand is expected to produce 600 megawatts of energy from waste in the next 10 decade. According to the Ministry of Energy, it is determined to let trash go to waste garbage, convert it to fuel. Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Energy Areepong Phuchaum said currently around 26 million tons […]
Continue ReadingPHUKET: Nopporn “Nick” Suppipat, president of Wind Energy Holding (WEH), is accused of being involved in a scandal linked to former Central Investigation Bureau chief Gen Pongpat Chayapan. It is alleged that Nopporn hired men through Gen Pongpat to force a business associate to reduce his loan from 120 million baht to 20mn baht. An […]
Continue ReadingA new water park, the Vana Nava Hua Hin, gets flowing in time for tourism season Get ready to take the plunge as Asia’s first water jungle, the Vana Nava Hua Hin, turns on the tap next week. Home to 19 water rides, the amusement park is aiming to become one of the leading attractions […]
Continue ReadingBLEADNEY resident Jack Chalker, a British artist and prisoner of war on the Burma-Siam Railway, has died aged 96. Mr Chalker painted the atrocities that saw more than 12,000 Allied prisoners perish during the railway’s construction, along with at least 90,000 Asian labourers. Born on October 10 1918 in London, his father, Alfred, was a […]
Continue ReadingHafele (Thailand), the local unit of the German tap and furniture fittings maker, plans to build a 400-million-baht warehouse on Bang Na-Trat Road in Samut Prakan. Construction of the warehouse is scheduled to start in mid-2015 for completion in 2016, said general sales and marketing manager Yothin Prasertkul. He said the warehouse, covering 10,000 square […]
Continue ReadingSET-listed TRC Construction Plc will team up with China Railway Corporation (CRC) to bid for Thailand’s rail development projects, expecting to capture a 10% share of the total project investment. TRC chief executive Samai Leesakul said a new joint venture would be set up in which TRC, through its subsidiary Sahakarn, will own 40% and the Chinese […]
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Corbion Purac will accelerate its thrust into the biotechnology arena, making the next step in the bioplastics value chain by becoming a polylactic acid (PLA) producer. With entry into PLA, Corbion Purac intends to bring new biodegradable solutions to the plastics industry, and increase global PLA production capacity by a further 75,000 tons per year. […]
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BANGKOK, 7 November 2014 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has begun the construction of another drainage tunnel as part of the water drainage network to prevent floods in Bangkok areas. The governor of Bangkok M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra today presided over the official commencement ceremony of the giant drainage tunnel construction under the Bang […]
Continue ReadingTHAI engineer and social entrepreneur Salinee Tavaranan, who is among the BBC’s prestigious list of 100 Women of 2014, has discovered a sustainable way for rural people to access solar-powered electricity via a hybrid business module that also creates a sense of ownership for solar panels. “My time as an NGO activist taught me that […]
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