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Thailand reaffirms green pledges
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/01/2025
» Despite an unimpressive end to COP29, the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Thailand remains committed to its campaign to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with a view to accelerating its progress.
Why SMEs must prepare for the green economy
Business, Amporn Supjindavong, Published on 04/06/2024
» With 2024 set to surpass the heat record established in 2023, Thailand is preparing for a series of sweltering years ahead while grappling with a cooling economy.
Chinese solar industry supercharged
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/01/2024
» China installed more solar panels in 2023 than any other country has built in total, adding to a massive renewable energy fleet that is already leading the world by a wide margin.
Renewable power capacity grew 50% in 2023
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/01/2024
» The world’s new renewable power capacity grew by 50% last year and should keep breaking records this decade on the back of a surge in cheaper solar panels, particularly in China.
Swiss, Thai groups close first sale of Paris Agreement carbon offsets
Reuters, Published on 08/01/2024
» A Thai electric bus operator said on Monday it had sold the first carbon offsets under a new system created by the Paris Agreement to a Swiss fossil fuel group, a major landmark for putting into action the eight-year-old United Nations climate accord.
Asian equity rally powered by rate-cut optimism
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/12/2023
» RECAP: Most Asian equities extended their rallies yesterday, while currencies held onto recent gains amid a bout of Fed-fuelled optimism, after the US central bank flagged likely rate cuts next year.
PTTEP joins efforts to address climate change at COP28 in the UAE
Published on 15/12/2023
» PTTEP, as one of Thailand’s private sector entities, actively participated in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) held in the United Arab Emirates. The company made three commitments and engaged in discussions with energy companies, business leaders and philanthropists to explore concrete solutions for addressing global warming.
Cambodia scraps coal power project to build gas-fired plant, import LNG
Reuters, Published on 29/11/2023
» SINGAPORE - Cambodia has abandoned plans to build a US$1.5 billion 700 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in a protected reserve along the southwestern coast and will build an 800 MW natural-gas fired plant instead, according to its energy minister.