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Carbon rules reshape Thai business as CBAM looms
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 09/02/2026
» The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is sending ripples of concern throughout global trade, unsettling exporters of certain products while raising broader questions about its long‑term impact on industries not yet covered by the measure.
PTT Global Chemical launches catalyst recycling
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/06/2025
» PTT Global Chemical Plc (GC), Thailand's largest petrochemical producer by capacity, has co-developed a technology to recycle unwanted catalyst, claiming it is the first Thai firm able to deal with this industrial waste without the need to export it for recycling.
Marrying energy and the environment
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/04/2025
» The mission for Electricity Generating (Egco) Plc is simple but challenging -- reduce carbon dioxide emissions while continuing to increase revenue.
Fuel subsidies may exhaust oil fund
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/02/2024
» New measures to better support and manage the Oil Fuel Fund are needed amid growing concerns oil and gas subsidies from the fund will drain it empty, says the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo).
'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 sector ploughs ahead
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/01/2021
» Unlike some reforms in Thailand that face hurdles because of political power plays among authorities, changes in the energy industry have no excuse for delay.
ERC reworking electric base tariff
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/11/2020
» The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is planning to revise the high base tariff rate for electricity bills and study ways to liberalise the power industry to allow energy firms to compete with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to reduce power bills for households.
Standard EV charging system in the offing
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 15/10/2020
» The state and private sectors will start integrating different charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) into a single standard as part of a trial early next year to make facilities more widely available to EV motorists.
Egat collaborates for electronic waste management methods
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/09/2020
» State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is teaming up with state and private agencies to study a business model for electronic waste management to better cope with the surge of hazardous rubbish in Thailand.
PTTGC mulls global polymer acquisitions
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/06/2020
» SET-listed PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), Thailand's largest petrochemical maker, is planning to acquire new assets related to specialty polymer production during the recession.