Showing 1 - 10 of 67
Higher power prices prompts push for solar
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 19/03/2026
» Small businesses and households are being urged to reduce their reliance on the state electricity grid and adopt solar power solutions, as global energy price volatility threatens to drive up costs, despite Thailand's capped power tariffs, according to solar firms.
Petrochemical sector faces stagnant year
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 21/02/2026
» Thailand's petrochemical industry is expected to confront another flat year, with leading firms pressured to adjust by cutting costs and rolling out value‑added products to stay afloat.
Oil pipeline rules reformed in bid to increase transport
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/01/2026
» The Department of Energy Business (DOEB) is preparing measures to promote oil transport via pipelines by removing legal barriers to the development of oil separation facilities.
Sustainable jet fuel standard nears completion
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 04/08/2025
» Thailand is expected to issue specifications on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) next year based on an international standard to hasten efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft, says the Department of Energy Business.
WHAUP targets thirsty data centres for revenue uptick
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 10/02/2025
» SET-listed WHA Utilities and Power (WHAUP), an arm of WHA Corp, Thailand's biggest industrial land developer and operator, plans to generate 35 billion baht in revenue by 2030 through business expansion, especially supplying more water to customers in the growing data centre sector.
GC set to produce sustainable aviation fuel
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 24/10/2024
» PTT Global Chemical (GC) Plc, the petrochemical arm of the national oil and gas conglomerate, vows to enter the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market, aiming to produce the biofuel for aircraft next year to support the global campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Bangchak buys used cooking oil for jet fuel
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 15/10/2024
» SET-listed energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation intends to collect a large amount of used cooking oil for use as a raw material for its commercial production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) next year.
Call to rev up small nuclear plant project
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 30/08/2024
» The government should speed up efforts to push for a small nuclear power plant project to develop an alternative power source, says former permanent energy secretary Kurujit Nakornthap.
State urged to widen tax scheme
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/08/2024
» The IEEE Power and Energy Society (Thailand) is asking the government to allow more households and businesses to join its new tax reduction scheme for people installing rooftop solar panels in order to stimulate the use of clean energy.
Officials contemplating nuclear power
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 17/07/2024
» Energy authorities are planning to conduct a feasibility study on small nuclear power plant development in line with the revised power development plan (PDP), which promotes greater use of clean energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, says an Energy Ministry official.