Showing 1 - 10 of 11
Exploring efforts to ease power bills
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 27/09/2023
» The Srettha Thavisin cabinet quickly approved a plan to reduce the power tariff at its first meeting earlier this month in a bid to reduce electricity bills.
Power bills poised to rise 4.6% in early 2022
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/11/2021
» Power bills are set to increase by 4.6% from January to April next year to an average of 3.78 baht per kilowatt hour (unit) as Thailand needs to import costly liquefied natural gas (LNG) for electricity generation, says the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).
Egat eyes power deal with Singapore to offset glut
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 13/11/2020
» Thailand's energy authority plans to add Singapore to its regional energy grid by 2023, along with Cambodia and Myanmar, said Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary for energy.
On with the wind
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 24/02/2020
» Seven years ago when Olivier Duguet moved to Southeast Asia to pursue his dream as an energy entrepreneur, things got off to a rocky start. As he explored opportunities in Thailand and Cambodia, the Frenchman faced challenges -- some of which are still unresolved -- but that didn't hold him back from establishing a foothold in the renewable energy business in the region.
Mekong activists present case against Laos dam
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/02/2020
» Environmental activists have submitted more evidence to the Supreme Administrative Court that the Xayaburi dam is cutting Mekong River levels, threatening fish ecology and reducing catch sizes downstream in Thailand.
Lust for power drying up local communities
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 22/07/2019
» Some fishermen in Loei province once told me that Buddhist Lent Day was a mark for the rainy season and the time to enjoy high water on the Mekong River. But last week gave a starkly different picture. Water levels on the river were at their lowest in 57 years.
Women must be central to Mekong dam decisions
News, Maureen Harris, Published on 08/03/2018
» Today, on International Women's Day, a recent trip to the Mekong Basin serves as a reminder that women's voices must be central to decision-making on hydropower, and in broader energy planning for Thailand and the region.
Civic group seeks China green help to stymie dam
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 06/03/2018
» Local civic groups will seek help from Friends of Nature (FON), a renowned conservation group in China, for its campaign against dam projects on the Mekong River.
Thais must face up to China reality
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 28/03/2016
» There has always been a special bond between China and Thailand, which hosts the largest overseas Chinese community in the world. In Thai culture, the Chinese influence is easily traced, through descendants whose origins can be found in rural areas of the southern Chinese mainland, from where their ancestors fled poverty, communism and political oppression to the more hospitable environs of Thailand.
A crisis to help sell coal power plants?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/02/2013
» Scheduled maintenance on Myanmar gas fields & energy shortfall in April known since last year, now used to sell coal plants that people don't want.