Electricity production
Non-renewable energy production
Energy market opens up
Thailand has resumed liberalising its energy sector, opening it up to competition again after a decade of policy hiatus when global oil prices were well over US$100 a barrel. During this period, the costs of electricity and gas for the people were heavily subsidised by ...
China's chill hits banks' bottom lines
Unable to shrug off its disappointing performance of the preceding year, Asia’s financial sector registered a second straight year of decline in its bottom line in 2016. Net profit for the sector came in at $173.1 billion, a decline of 8.8% compared to 2015 and ...
Japanese, Singaporean banks finance controversial Indonesian coal plant
A consortium of Asian banks will provide US$3.36 billion in loans to support the expansion of the Tanjung Jati B coal-fired power plant project in the Jepara district of Indonesia’s Central Java province. Plans to expand Tanjung Jati B are part of a broader initiative ...
Coal power plants could endanger marine protection areas
Environmentalists have urged authorities to ‘learn lessons from the Formosa incident and reconsider proposed coal thermal power projects in Vinh Tan’. According to Nguyen Chu Hoi from the Hanoi National University, Vietnam has 16 marine protection areas, including Hon Cau, which, if well developed, will bring ...
Academics call for reform of environmental impact studies on projects
A strategic Environment Assessment was proposed by academics to serve as a sustainable solution for conflicts over major development projects such as the Krabi coal-fired power plant. A team of academics and public policy campaigners discussed the current problems of Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental ...
Govt pushes Krabi coal plant forum
The government has pressed ahead with its plan to improve the public’s understanding about new environmental and health impact assessments needed for the Krabi coal-fired power plant project, saying a forum have to be organised within a month from now. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon assigned agencies ...
Power in South stable without Krabi plant: academics
Academics said on February 28 that the southern region would still have stable power generation in the near future even without the proposed Krabi coal-fired power plant, although Thailand would have to invest in some form of new power generation in the long term. Meanwhile, the Office ...
Banpu Power posts 100% net profit rise in 2016
Banpu Power Plc has reported its 2016 business performance, with its net profit of Bt4.13 billion, a significant increase on the Bt2.07 billion it posted in the previous year. With its strong financial status, Banpu Power has affirmed its strategic plan in operating conventional and renewable ...
Egco funds 7 new power projects
Electricity Generating Group has budgeted more than Bt30 billion this year for seven power projects both in Thailand and overseas, according to company president Chanin Chaonirattisai. Six of the projects are under construction and scheduled to start commercial operations between this year and 2019, including three ...
Toshiba to build power plant
The Cambodian government has awarded Japanese-owned Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corporation the concession to construct a coal-fired power generation project in Preah Sihanouk province. Prime Minister Hun Sen, who signed the agreement on February 17, said the new power plant would address the energy deficiency ...
