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Thailand will meet the schedule of having its first nuclear plant feed power into the system in 2021 if the government gives its approval, the technical adviser to the Nuclear Power Programme Development Office (NPPDO), Pricha Karasuddhi, has said. By The Nation In an interview to Energy Saving magazine, he said that once the government […]

Thailand will meet the schedule of having its first nuclear plant feed power into the system in 2021 if the government gives its approval, the technical adviser to the Nuclear Power Programme Development Office (NPPDO), Pricha Karasuddhi, has said. By The Nation In an interview to Energy Saving magazine, he said that once the government […]

BP Solar today announced a US$20m contract to supply solar power products and services to Thailand-based Solartron Co Ltd. The products and services will be used by Solartron in the construction of solar power systems for the government-funded Mega Rural Electrification Project, which will provide light to 120,000 homes. The project, funded by the Provincial […]

CAT permits DTAC, True 3G trials expansion (Thailand) CAT, the board of state-owned Telecom has approved plans for private sector mobile operators Digital Total Access Communication (DTAC) and True Move to expand their number of cell sites for 3G operations in the 850MHz frequency band. DTAC and True currently provide wireless services under build-transfer-operate (BTO) […]

Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. will jointly bid next month for a contract to build an elevated railroad in Bangkok, it has been learned. The two companies are also considering integrating their overseas rail businesses after the joint bid, sources said. Analysts said such cooperation between Japanese firms could improve their competitiveness in […]