Energy

Govt looks to ease Mekong dam impacts

The Department of Fisheries will roll out a number of measures to help cushion the impacts of dam construction in the upper reaches of the Mekong River on Thai fishermen.Department chief, Adisorn Promthep, said the measures will entail further diplomatic coordination with Laos — which ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

US invests in Thai solar energy project

The United States has funded a Thai energy developer for its feasibility study of a solar power project in Thailand as part of its Indo-Pacific commitment.Thomas Hardy, director of the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), said yesterday’s grant signing ceremony marked an important milestone ...

Thana Boonlert

Sontirat plans renewed push for Napier grass energy plants

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong is pushing for the use of Napier grass as a source of energy.Speaking at a seminar on “Energy for Industries for a sustainable future” to mark the 20th anniversary of the Institute for Industrial Energy on Friday (August 9), he revealed ...

The Nation Reporter

Energy Ministry aims to build regional power hub

The Energy Ministry is preparing to promote Thailand as the power trade hub of Southeast Asia by improving high-voltage transmission lines across the country to open regional power trading and sales of surplus electricity.Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary for the Energy Ministry, said the ministry has ...

Yuthana Praiwan

Damming the Mekong to environmental hell

Major dam construction projects have become a favourite pastime of some autocratic governments, with China leading the way. But, far from protecting against water shortages, as supporters promise, large dams are contributing to river depletion and severely exacerbating parched conditions. Nowhere is this more apparent ...

Egat set to distribute LNG locally

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) plans to allow the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to distribute liquefied natural gas (LNG) locally, instead of importing to feed Egat’s power plants.Egat is the second LNG importer after PTT Plc, the national oil and gas conglomerate. ...

Yuthana Praiwan

Ministry sets sights on boosting access to electricity

The Energy Ministry is set to revise the Power Development Plan for 2018-2037 with the aim of putting more people on the electricity grid.Speaking at a seminar on the direction of the energy industry, hosted on Wednesday by the Thansettakit newspaper, Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong ...

The Nation Reporter

Xayaburi Dam in clear, says operator

The unseasonal drought currently affecting the lower Mekong Region has alerted both the public and the authorities to the activities of a series of dams further upstream on the international river.Jinghong Dam in China and Xayaburi Dam in Laos are both being blamed for the ...

Apinya Wipatayotin

Mekong dilemmas need political will to resolve

Last year, we were saddened by the hazards related to dam failures in the Mekong River basin after one of the saddle dams on the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydro-electric project in Laos collapsed and the large amounts of impounded water then gushed downstream, causing massive ...

Apichai Sunchindah

Laos and Xayaburi dam deny responsibility for dry Mekong River

Representatives of the Lao government and the builder of the Xayaburi dam have dismissed allegations that water retention at the dam, for the trial run of electricity generators, is one of the reasons for the sharp lowering of the water level in the downstream stretches ...

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