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Banpu acquires battery farm in US
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/02/2026
» Energy conglomerate Banpu Plc has announced a major step into the US battery energy storage market with the acquisition of the Megamouth Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Texas, marking its latest move to grow its global battery farm portfolio.
Banpu seeks clean energy symphonics
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/11/2025
» This year marks the first for energy conglomerate Banpu Plc's "symphony" of businesses seeking to accelerate the company's transition to clean energy.
Banpu Power preps US battery venture
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 04/08/2025
» SET-listed Banpu Power, the power generation arm of energy conglomerate Banpu Plc, is planning to venture into the battery energy storage system (BESS) business in the US, its second country for the business after Japan where it developed a battery farm.
Banpu Next aiming to expand beyond Japan
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 30/07/2025
» Banpu Next, the energy technology arm of energy conglomerate Banpu Plc, is planning to expand its battery energy storage system into Asia-Pacific nations other than Japan where it has established a battery farm to support the state grid, which increasingly depends on renewable power.
Purchase bolsters UBE's clean energy drive
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 05/07/2022
» Ubon Bio Ethanol Plc (UBE), a manufacturer of cassava-based products, has bought a floating solar farm in Ubon Ratchathani from Bay Wa RE Solar Pte for 82.4 million baht in a move to grow its clean energy business.
Call for radical fuel subsidy reform
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 04/11/2021
» Oil experts have called on the government to find new ways to subsidise diesel prices, target only specific groups of customers for help, and end the current blanket subsidy for all motorists.
Gulf acquires 40% of PTT Natural Gas
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 25/12/2020
» Gulf Energy Development Plc, Thailand's top private power producer by capacity, has acquired a 40% share of PTT Natural Gas Co, a gas distribution arm of PTT Group, at a cost of US$90 million (2.7 billion baht) to further expand its energy business.
BAFS turns attention to diversified services
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 29/05/2020
» Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc (BAFS), Thailand's top aviation refuelling service provider, is focusing its attention on diversified business projects like oil pipelines and renewable energy plants after its core business of aviation refuelling took a devastating hit from air travel restrictions imposed to prevent coronavirus spread.
Eppo: Oil prices likely to stay low
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 15/04/2020
» The Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) estimates that global oil prices will stay low, even though major oil producers agreed to cut production last week.
Fuelling the future
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/10/2019
» Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the only natural gas that can be transported by petroleum vessels, as other types require a pipeline.