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Coal power plant debate primed to heat up
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 27/12/2017
» After being delayed for more than two years, construction plans for two coal-fired power plants in southern Thailand might be put back on the front burner again as their environment and health impact assessments (EHIAs) are set to be completed.
PTTGC to finalise US complex in 2018
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/10/2017
» SET-listed PTT Global Chemical Plc (PTTGC), Thailand's largest petrochemical producer in terms of capacity, says it expects to make the final investment decision to build an ethane cracker and petrochemical complex in Belmont, Ohio early next year.
Egat fires up coal plant plans
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 15/03/2017
» The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) says it will launch a new environmental and health impact assessment (EHIA) for the planned coal-fired power plant in Krabi and an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its deep-sea port within three months.
National power plan revisions afoot
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/03/2017
» Energy policymakers will revise the national power development plan (PDP 2015-36) in order to generate sufficient power for the country if plans to develop the two coal-fired power plants in the southern region -- in Krabi and Thepha district in Songkhla province -- are further delayed or scrapped.
Policymakers to decide Krabi plant fate
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/01/2017
» Energy policymakers will make a final decision on Feb 17 about whether the government will proceed with a plan to build a coal-fired power plant in the southern city of Krabi, says the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat).
Petroleum exploration ready to roll
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/08/2015
» Thailand is likely to start its 21st round of petroleum exploration this year, expecting to grant licences to upstream petroleum investors by next month, says the Mineral Fuels Department.
PTT suffocates LPG station expansion programme
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/07/2015
» PTT Plc, the national oil and gas conglomerate, has shelved plans to have more liquefied petroleum gas fuelling stations after the government's policy to float the LPG price caused demand to plummet.
Jump-start for oil and gas bids on tap
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 25/04/2015
» The Energy Ministry plans to proceed with the 21st round of bidding on concessions for oil and gas exploration immediately after the end of the three-month postponement that started in late February.
Innovative firms to enjoy tax privileges
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/02/2015
» The government plans to grant greater tax privileges to private firms and government agencies that buy and adopt locally invented innovations in a bid to foster research and development (R&D) activities.
Narongchai: Two coal plants planned
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 28/10/2014
» Despite recent opposition from activists and villagers to a planned coal-fired power plant in Krabi province, two more are in the pipeline to be developed over the next seven or eight years in the new power development plan (PDP) starting next year, says Energy Minister Narongchai Akrasanee.