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Egco offloads stake in US power plant
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 25/10/2024
» SET-listed Electricity Generating (Egco), a power generation arm of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, has decided to adjust its investment in the US by selling the company's entire 49% stake in RISEC Holding, the operator of a Rhode Island-based combined cycle power plant.
Egco completes US power acquisition
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 28/03/2023
» Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), the power generation arm of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, has completed the acquisition of a 49% stake from the operator of a gas-fired power plant in Rhode Island as it grows its energy business in the US.
Egco takes 49% stake in US plant operator
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 15/11/2022
» Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), a power generation arm of the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, continues to expand its power business in the US through the acquisition of a 49% stake in Rhode Island State Energy Center (Risec), an operator of a 609-megawatt combined cycle gas-fired power plant.
Worries about economic slowdown depress stocks
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Pornkamon Teerapiboonkun, Published on 21/05/2022
» Recap: Global shares moved higher on Friday but were still heading for losses compared with a week earlier as investors remain worried over high inflation and an economic slowdown.
CP, Gunkul to launch CBD products
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 19/05/2022
» Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) and Charoen Pokphand Produce (CPP), both under the umbrella of agribusiness and food conglomerate CP Group, have teamed up with Gunkul Engineering, a renewable energy developer and construction company, to develop cannabidiol-infused food and beverage products.
Cambodia at the crossroads
Asia focus, Monileak Ean, Published on 30/09/2019
» Cambodia is just five months away from learning whether its US$8-billion garment and footwear industry will continue to enjoy preferential trade status in the European Union (EU), the country's second largest trading partner and largest export market.
TPN pipeline extension to include Laos
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 28/02/2019
» Thai Pipeline Network Co (TPN), a subsidiary of MAI-listed Power Solution Technologies Plc (PSTC), plans to extend the second phase of its oil pipeline in the northeastern provinces to Laos.
Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Asia Focus Team, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
One party to rule them all
Asia focus, Mao Theany & Meng Sokhouy, Published on 03/09/2018
» As Cambodia prepares to join the growing club of one-party states in Asean when its new parliament convenes on Wednesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen has been taking steps to get back into the good books of the international community. It might not be easy, given how he secured his new five-year term as the country's undisputed leader.
Spoiled by victory?
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/07/2018
» Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) are poised to coast to victory in general elections this coming Sunday, but it may not be smooth sailing ahead for Asia's longest-serving leader.