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Chinese cash in on Thai solar power
Business, Published on 22/01/2016
» Chinese solar companies are looking for opportunities in Thailand as an alternative growth destination to China, where the renewable power market has reached saturation point, according to BMI Research.
China Might Be Winning The Race To Reduce Solar Costs
Business, Published on 23/06/2014
» Many people, even fanatical advocates of solar power, are unaware quite how close we are to reaching a critical milestone in the industry. Within a fairly short space of time, solar generated electricity will be fully cost competitive with coal-powered electricity — at least if the governments of the world’s two largest energy consuming nations have their way.
China's first corporate default sparks legal action
AFP, Published on 07/03/2014
» China's first-ever default on a domestic corporate bond Friday has sparked legal action by investors owed interest payments from a solar company, their lawyer said.
Bangchak curious about biogas, biomass production
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/11/2013
» CHAIYAPHUM : SET-listed Bangchak Petroleum Plc, the mostly state-owned refiner and retailer, is looking at the possibility of branching into mining and various types of renewable energy.
Sunset industry?
Asia focus, Published on 03/09/2012
» The ongoing consolidation in the global solar industry will have implications across Asia, where many countries are using more renewable resources to reduce dependence on fossil fuels for energy.
China firms blast new US duties on solar cells
AFP, Published on 18/05/2012
» Chinese companies have slammed the United States as "short-sighted" and warned of a trade war after it imposed hefty duties on solar cells it said were being sold at artificially low prices.
Taxing woes
Database, Published on 20/10/2010
» Cabinet approved a draft law for a "green tax" on all industries, to kick in by 2012; there is still some work to do but proposed rates are in the neighbourhood of 10,000 baht per tonne of waste water, 2,500 baht per tonne of emissions and 15 percent of 1,000 baht per tourist; Big Business enthusiastically welcomed the environmental tax proposal, but had a couple of teensy weensy little worries, hardly worth mentioning but still... such as about consumer resistance when they push the new taxes onto the public because no way will business absorb the costs; and also there's unfairness of, say, shops along the Chao Phraya dumping pollution and not having to pay any tax; also, there is concern over calling tourists "pollution"; but really, all in all, an excellent idea.