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India leads the charge for electricity access
News, Published on 27/01/2018
» In 2008, it was folly to imagine India creating new technological solutions to address the climate crisis. For decades India had called itself a victim of climate change and thus incapable of acting to reduce emissions. And 400 million Indians had no access to electricity at all.
Two Thais detained by call centre gang in Malaysia rescued
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 28/01/2018
» Two Thai men from Phayao province have been rescued by Thai and Malaysian police in a raid on a condominium used as an operational base for a call centre gang in central Kuala Lumpur, Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakphan, deputy commissioner of the Tourism Police, said in a press conference at Suvarnabhumi airport on Saturday night.
BMW applies for PHEV, to localise in 2019
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 30/01/2018
» BMW Group is the second European carmaker to apply for the Board of Investment (BoI)'s plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) scheme in Thailand, indicating the local market's potential as a part of the region's electric vehicle (EV) supply chain.
TDRI warns over next-generation shift
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 31/01/2018
» The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) is warning auto parts supply chain players to prepare for the transition to next-generation cars, saying some components will no longer be necessary for electric vehicles (EVs).
Myanmar hopes to double electricity capacity by 2021
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar is planning to double its electric power capacity by 2021 by building natural gas-fired power plants, two senior officials told Reuters on Wednesday, in an ambitious move to tackle chronic power shortages in the energy-starved country.
Mitsubishi on the EV sidelines
Business, Piyachart Maikaew, Published on 01/02/2018
» Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Thailand remains on the sidelines of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing capabilities, even as its competitors have joined the government's EV scheme.
Eppo eager to spark EV adoption with privileges
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 01/02/2018
» The Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) plans to propose more stimulus measures for electric vehicles (EVs) in the Thai market after seeing few of them on the road.
Technology can drive green growth in Mekong region
News, Published on 01/02/2018
» In the last 20 years, rapid economic growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has reduced poverty and brought prosperity to many of its 420 million people.
Producers urge local steel use
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 05/02/2018
» Local steel makers are calling for the government to support the use of domestic steel materials to build the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway, as they are concerned that all the materials will be imported from China.
REIC: Land prices along MRT soar
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/02/2018
» Undeveloped land along the MRT network saw the biggest price increase over the past five years, among those along electric train routes, reported the Real Estate Information Center (REIC).