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National plan faces delay amid cabinet reshuffle
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 23/08/2024
» Thailand's new national energy plan (NEP), outlining the roadmap towards a low-carbon society, is expected to encounter a delay due to the protracted process of forming a new cabinet under the Paetongtarn Shinawatra administration, says the Energy Policy and Planning Office.
Second phase of scheme promotes biomass crops
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 13/10/2023
» Authorities are preparing for the second phase of the "Energy for All" renewable scheme, aiming to encourage farmers to grow "energy crops" to serve power plants that are expected to have electricity generation capacity of 200 megawatts.
'Energy for All' winners ready to start
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/01/2023
» Energy investors who won an auction under the state's "Energy for All" renewable scheme are pushing ahead with their projects after the latest legal hurdle that caused more delays was cleared.
Energy for All scheme faces even more delays
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/01/2022
» The Energy for All renewable scheme faces yet another setback as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) cited force majeure to postpone the signing of power purchase agreements (PPAs) between the government and companies who won an auction last year.
Forty-three firms win right to join renewable scheme
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 24/09/2021
» Up to 43 firms have won an auction to participate in the Energy for All renewable scheme, following several delays caused by Covid-19 and a cabinet reshuffle, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).
Mineral Fuels chief shuffled amid dispute
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/10/2019
» The director-general of the Mineral Fuels Department, Premrutai Vinaiphat, has been reassigned as inspector-general of the Energy Ministry amid an unresolved dispute over gas platform decommissioning expense in the Erawan and Bongkot offshore fields.
Arak asks for 2 weeks to study rejig of fuel prices
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 26/01/2012
» New Energy Minister Arak Chonlatanon has pledged to decide in the next two weeks whether to proceed with energy price restructuring, a plan that is widely believed to have landed his predecessor, Pichai Naripthaphan, in hot water amid the recent cabinet reshuffle.
New minister unsure about price plans
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/01/2012
» New Energy Minister Arak Chonlatanon is non-committal on energy price restructuring, a plan that is widely believed to have gotten his predecessor Pichai Naripthaphan into hot water amid the recent cabinet reshuffle.