Bangkok City Hall Approves 256M Baht For BTS Elevators May 24, 2018 A disabled activist Thursday welcomed City Hall’s budget approval to add more elevators to BTS Skytrain stations. After years of legal action brought by a network of advocates for commuters with disabilities, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Wednesday approved 256 million baht to […]
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Linden Comansa at the top of Bangkok Two luffing-jib cranes build the residential towers of the Iconsiam project, one of them the highest in Thailand Next to the Chao Praya River, which runs through the city of Bangkok, Iconsiam is under construction. This is a highly anticipated mixed-use project, featuring two residential towers, which are […]
Continue ReadingBangkok’s planned rail system expected to be on par with London’s by 2025 Bangkok’s first mass transit line, the Bangkok Mass Transit System or BTS, was completed in 1999 and represented the start of change in the way that Bangkok’s residents got around the downtown areas of Bangkok. The original mass transit light rail train […]
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Emerald Group says it will continue with its developments A press conference held at Dara Hotel on Saturday afternoon (May 19) was hosted by Emeral Development Group’s Sawit ‘Mai’ Ketroj Mr Sawit says, “News about Phuket Future Group Co.,Ltd. real estate projects, which is one of companies in Emerald Group located at Kalim Patong, has […]
Continue ReadingThailand’s Gulf Energy plans $3.7 billion investment over six years BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s third largest power producer, Gulf Energy Development Pcl , plans to invest 120 billion baht ($3.73 billion) over the next six years to double its generating capacity by 2024, a top executive said on Friday. Gulf Energy is targetting annual revenue […]
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Bangkok International Airport picks Siemens baggage-handling system Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) is to supply a tray-based baggage-handling system and powerful software for the new satellite terminal at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. The satellite terminal’s baggage-handling system is linked to the main building via a tunnel. Over this 950m route, the system reaches […]
Continue ReadingExergy wins Thailand waste heat recovery deal Italian company EXERGY has secured a contract for waste heat recovery from gas turbines in Thailand. The Milan-headquartered firm won the deal in partnership with GE company Baker Hughes. The order from EPC contractor Samsung Engineering will see the two companies engineer, design and build a 5 MW […]
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Scan Inter to buy into 170-MW solar project in Myanmar The board of Thai natural gas seller Scan Inter PCL (BKK:SCN) has approved the company’s planned minority investment in the entity that owns a 170-MW solar power project in Minbu City, Myanmar, it was announced on Monday. Scan Inter has signed a deal to buy […]
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Coal-fired plants back on agenda in Thailand New study to examine feasibility of facilities Consideration of two coal-fired power plants in two southern provinces is back on track after a four-year delay, say energy policymakers. The plan for the two plants was postponed several times during 2014-17. The Energy Ministry made the announcement Tuesday after […]
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Thai Cabinet earmarks budget for 3 biomass power plants in Deep South The Cabinet has set aside a budget of over one billion baht for biomass power plant projects in the three southern border provinces, hoping to foster energy security and create jobs for locals. During the press conference following the Cabinet meeting, Mr Nattaporn […]
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