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Zinc batteries in view with plans for plant
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 21/04/2022
» Thailand looks set to construct a zinc-ion battery plant to support electric vehicles (EVs) and utilise its own domestic resources.
Digital projects allocated B2.4bn funding boost
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 13/12/2021
» The government has allocated 2.4 billion baht in fiscal 2022 to continue the implementation of six key projects under the Thailand Digital Government Development Plan (2023-27).
Group eyes merged outlays
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 02/04/2021
» The Energy Ministry and related agencies were ordered to integrate their investment in power grid and data centre development to reduce duplication.
NEPC to raise power feed-in tariff
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 26/12/2020
» The National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) agreed on Friday to raise the power feed-in tariff to 2.20 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit) from 1.68 baht for the household solar rooftop scheme, effective from Jan 1, 2021.
Daunting double portfolio
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 24/08/2020
» Supattanapong Punmeechaow is doubling up as deputy prime minister and energy minister in the cabinet reshuffle published in the Royal Gazette on Aug 6.
Agency urged to follow up on projects
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 31/05/2019
» The government should set up a subcommittee to follow up and monitor investment and social projects owned and developed by state agencies and state-owned enterprises to ensure their transparency and that they conform with the 20-year national strategy plan (2018-37), says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
OECD outlines transition keys
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 23/02/2019
» Regional development, multi-level governance and water security are the keys to Thailand becoming a high-income economy, says the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Giving wings to the elusive aerotropolis
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 29/08/2018
» John D Kasarda is the director of the Center of Air Commerce at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, president and chief executive of Aerotropolis Business Concepts LLC, president of the Aerotropolis Institute of China and editor-in-chief of Logistics, an international scholarly journal. He has also published more than 100 articles and 10 books on airport cities, aviation infrastructure, urban economic development and competitiveness.
NESDB promises to narrow income gap
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 27/03/2018
» The government vows to narrow the widening income disparity gap in the country to 15 times over the next 20 years, down from 20 times now.
Dawei SEZ continues at a snail's pace
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 15/03/2018
» The long-delayed Dawei special economic zone (SEZ) project is still moving at a glacial pace, with new development unlikely to take shape until the tripartite meeting among Thailand, Myanmar and Japan in April.