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New eco-friendly fuel shows promise
News, Ranjana Wangvipula, Published on 27/10/2025
» Shuttle buses carrying people to Yumeshima Island in Japan to join the Expo 2025 provided their last services on Oct 13, but their potential as new energy-powered vehicles is just beginning to gain momentum.
House looks to clamp down on moonshine
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/09/2024
» A House committee vetting an alcoholic beverages control bill will discuss with health and excise authorities about measures to address the issue of unregulated herbal moonshine (ya dong).
Truckers seek minister's removal over fuel price
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/02/2022
» The Land Transport Federation of Thailand (LTFT) will stage a rally on Tuesday to demand the sacking of Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow over the high price of diesel.
PTT 'can't subsidise diesel'
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 26/11/2021
» Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow has rejected calls to divert profits from national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc to subsidise diesel prices.
Oil fund tapped to keep biodiesel B10 affordable
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/10/2021
» The Energy Ministry will use the State Oil Fund to keep the retail price of biodiesel B10 from going above 30 baht per litre.
UN urges clampdown on precursor traffic
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 11/06/2021
» The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged regional governments to focus on suppressing precursor substance trafficking to end the cross-border trade of drugs.
Hand sanitisers fail to scrub up to standard, find tests
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/06/2020
» Consumer activists have found that 67% of alcohol-based hand sanitisers available on the market are substandard. One brand was even found to contain methanol -- a toxic ingredient prohibited from use in cosmetics.
There will be 'no food shortages'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/03/2020
» The Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE) has assured there will be no shortage of food supplies in the country even though the Covid-19 pandemic may force the government to adopt stricter methods to curb transmissions.
Egat jettisons gas-purchase deal with Petronas
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 31/08/2019
» Energy policymakers have decided to cancel a purchase order of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) from Malaysian national oil firm Petronas.
Sontirat revives long-shelved grass-growing biofuel project
News, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 11/08/2019
» The Energy Ministry plans to promote biomethane-gas power projects from Napier grass to encourage local agricultural communities to grow this giant grass for power generation.