Thailand’s EEC solar energy project gets the nod with goal of becoming zero-carbon area By THE NATION The EEC development subcommittee chaired by Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has approved the clean energy (solar) project in the Eastern Economic Corridor, EEC Policy Office secretary-general Kanit Sangsubhan said on Thursday (January 23). “This project was proposed by […]
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Cambodia’s Sihanoukville airport runway to be completed by midyear 2020 By midyear, Sihanoukville International Airport will be able to handle the land-in and take-off of long-haul aircrafts when the standard runway is extended to 3,300 metres. The completion of the runway extension coinciding with the airport seeing high year-on-year growth of passenger traffic. The extension […]
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Construction begins on flagship 48 MW near-shore wind farm in Tra Vinh province, Vietnam Climate Fund Managers (CFM), the manager of the Climate Investor One facility (CI1), is pleased to announce that construction has begun on one of its flagship projects, a 48 MW near-shore wind farm in Tra Vinh province, Vietnam. CI1’s Construction Equity […]
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Nakhon Pathom’s proposed new airport passes second public hearing The project was initiated last year by the Airports Department, whose aim is to ease congestion at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports. The investment is expected to be 20 billion baht. The tentative location is a 3,500 rai plot of land in Bang Len and Nakhon […]
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ADB finances TTC Energy’s 50MW solar project in Tay Ninh Province near Ho Chi Minh City The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a US$37.8 million loan to Vietnamese firm TTC Energy to develop and operate a 50MW solar PV plant in Tay Ninh Province in Vietnam. The loan for the Gulf Solar Power Project […]
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Restoring Cambodia’s Sihanoukville Foreign investors rode a hot streak in Sihanoukville until the gambling game collapsed last summer. Now, with the boomtown at risk of going bust and the city decaying around them, long-term residents, local businesses and construction workers are picking up the pieces Foreign investors rode a hot streak in Sihanoukville until the […]
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Siam Motors to build Grade A office tower near Siam BTS and golf course on Bang Na-Trat Road Project investments of B4bn-plus in total Siam Motors Group, owned by the Phornprapha family, plans to invest more than 4 billion baht to develop a Grade A office tower near Siam skytrain station and an 18-hole golf […]
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Inframation releases Southeast Asia League Tables 2019: Political Uncertainty Stems Deal Flow Inframation, an Acuris company, has released its Southeast Asia League Tables 2019 on infrastructure industries. Power and energy-related transactions dominated Southeast Asia in Inframation and SparkSpread’s 2019 League Tables, as political uncertainty and regulatory risk hindered the development of traditional infrastructure projects. The […]
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Egat readies terms for new bids for 24-megawatt floating solar farm on Khon Kaen’s Ubol Ratana dam Egat plans to develop floating hydro-solar hybrid projects at nine dams by 2037 Egat plans to seek approval from the government to develop eight fossil fuel-fired power plants The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is preparing […]
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Thai Cabinet nods to plan for Baht 18.7 bn economic zone in Songkhla The Cabinet on Tuesday (January 21) approved the development plan of a special economic zone in Chana district of Songkhla province, costing Bt18.7 billion, said Deputy government spokesperson Ratchada Dhanadirek. The investment will cover building of a city, a deep sea port, […]
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