Chinese cash in on Thai solar power

Chinese solar companies are looking for opportunities in Thailand as an alternative growth destination to China, where the renewable power market has reached saturation point, according to BMI Research. Thailand is emerging as an attractive destination for renewable energy investment as the government looks to reduce the country’s reliance on gas-fired power generation and incorporate […]

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Denmark sets wind energy world record

Danish wind turbines set a new world record by generating nearly half of all the electricity consumed by the Scandinavian country in 2015, an official from state-owned Energinet.dk said Monday. “It was much windier in 2015 than during an average year,” spokeswoman Hanne Storm Edlefsen told AFP. Wind energy production capacity had grown “a little […]

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B2bn tram in the works for Phuket

A light rail system worth more than 2 billion baht will be constructed between Phuket International Airport and Chalong intersection to boost the country’s tourism in the South. Speaking after a meeting on the Phuket mass transit system, transport permanent secretary Chartchai Thipsunawee Sunday unveiled details of a 60km rail tram which will be constructed […]

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SRT to operate main Red Line service itself

The Transport Ministry, through the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), is determined to run the main section of the Red Line electric rail service, from Bang Sue to Rangsit, by itself, instead of inviting private partnership. Deputy Transport Minister Omsin Chivapruck said that although the State Enterprise Policy Commission had deemed that a public-private partnership […]

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