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Regulator launches green tariff
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 24/01/2025
» Thailand has started imposing the utility green tariff (UGT) for the first time, requiring companies to pay 4.21 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit) if they opt to use renewable power.
Electricity prices fuel debate
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/01/2025
» Former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's proposal to reduce the power tariff to 3.70 from 4.15 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit) has sparked a debate on the future of electricity prices, which have remained high since 2022.
Egat keen to expedite 15 solar farm projects
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 13/11/2024
» The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) wants to accelerate the development of 15 planned floating solar farm projects with a total capacity of 2,656 megawatts on the reservoirs of its six hydroelectric dams under the new national power development plan (PDP) of 2024.
Banking on batteries
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/10/2024
» Many people know electric vehicles (EVs) are fuelled by batteries, but houses, factories and power plants that use renewable power also require batteries for lighting, supporting daily work, and to serve as a back-up electricity source.
Egat to launch third floating solar project
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/06/2024
» The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has announced plans to outsource engineering, procurement and construction firms for the development of a third solar floating project on the Srinagarind Dam reservoir, according to the deputy governor for power plant development and renewable energy.
Call to hike renewable proportion
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/04/2024
» The government is being urged to increase the proportion of renewable power generation to more than the target of 50% set in the power development plan (PDP), which is scheduled to be finalised in the second quarter of this year.
New power plan nears completion
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/02/2024
» The new power development plan (PDP), which will focus more on renewable energy, is expected to be finalised after many delays by the second quarter, according to the Energy Ministry.
Putting clean energy in pole position
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 29/05/2023
» Efforts to reduce carbon dioxide in Thailand are gathering momentum as the government and businesses forge ahead with clean energy development projects.
Egat to spend B300bn on solar development
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 02/05/2023
» The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) aims to increase its power generation capacity from floating solar farms at its nine hydropower plants to 10 gigawatts by 2037, with investment of almost 300 billion baht.
'Bangkok Post' honours exceptional women
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/03/2023
» To mark International Women's Day today, 12 extraordinary personalities have been named as the Bangkok Post's Women of the Year.