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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.
Egat aims to turn hydropower dams into giant 'batteries'
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 08/11/2024
» Three more hydropower dams operated by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will be developed into giant "batteries" under a 90-billion-baht investment to supply clean power to the country, easing concerns about insufficient electricity generated by solar and wind power.
Fuel subsidies ‘only for the needy’ proposed
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 02/08/2024
» The Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo) is considering revising its price subsidy programmes to focus only on groups of people who badly need help, rather than making them universal.
PTT studying production of green methanol
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 29/03/2024
» National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc is considering building a green methanol production facility at an estimated cost of 3.1 billion baht to support its plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and produce methanol-derived fuels.
UBE drives up cassava productivity
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/03/2024
» Ubon Bio Ethanol (UBE), a SET-listed ethanol producer, is increasing productivity at its cassava plantations in Ubon Ratchathani after harvests plunged, resulting in a loss of 96 million baht last year.
Thailand seeks two years to fully adopt green tariff
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 27/02/2024
» Thailand may take two years to fully adopt the green utility tariff (GUT), recently launched to regulate renewable power prices, as many businesses would need time to adapt to the global campaign against carbon-intensive manufacturing, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).
PTTEP allocates $300m for CCS facility
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/07/2022
» PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) is allocating US$300 million to develop Thailand's first carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at a petroleum production field in a bid to support the country's commitment to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
BBGI aims to blaze a trail in the synbio sector
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/05/2022
» BBGI Plc, the biotechnology arm of energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, aims to be among Thailand's pioneers in the development of new products in the growing "synbio" sector.
BBGI allots B83m for Biom startup
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/05/2022
» BBGI Plc, the biotechnology arm of Bangchak Corporation Plc, has injected 83 million baht into Biom Co, a startup spun off from Chulalongkorn University, in a move to commercialise new bio-based products that aim to alleviate decades-long concerns over contaminated vegetables and fruit in the Thai market.
Court ties ministry's hands
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 16/12/2021
» The Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the Energy Ministry not to act against three energy companies in an almost decade-long dispute involving a probe into alleged irregularities during a bid for power purchase agreements under the Independent Power Producers (IPP) scheme.