Energy policy and administration

As part of the initiative to make Thailand the energy hub of ASEAN, the Ministry of Energy is urging Thai energy businesses to make more investments in foreign countries, especially those neighboring Thailand.Keep watching ...

The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is preparing to develop the country’s first floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) worth 24.5 billion baht to support its business plan to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 2020.The National Energy Policy Council approved Egat developing this ...

The fuel tariff (Ft) rate will be frozen at 3.64 baht per kilowatt-hour for another four months from January to April next year, marking a 16-month period at the same rate, as the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) wants to avoid power prices burdening consumers during ...

The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is planning to talk with power authorities in Cambodia and Myanmar to trade electricity from Thailand at a combined capacity of 500 megawatts.Patana Sangsriroujana, deputy governor for policy and planning, said Egat has been ordered by Energy ...

At public hearings ahead of the drafting of the Alternative Energy and Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP 2018), suggestions were heard that the plan should be consistent with the policy and goal of the Ministry of Energy to boost the usage of alternative energy to ...

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said as part of measures to reduce air pollution, the Department of Energy Development and Promotion will hold a public hearing on Wednesday (October 9) on community-based power projects.He added that his ministry will also complete plans to promote the use ...

The Institute of Industrial Energy, the Federation of Thai Industries, and the Ministry of Energy have held this year’s Energy Symposium, preparing the industrial sector to adopt energy cost-saving technologies.Keep watching ...

The Energy Policy Administration Committee (Epac) has agreed to reduce a levy collection from gasoline and diesel users by another one baht and 60 satang per litre respectively from Wednesday.The levy reduction is part of urgent measures to tackle a short-term price hike in global ...

Besides being among the world’s happiest nations, Finland and Denmark have another thing in common: They are both equally ambitious to become the world’s first carbon-free country.Finland’s left-leaning coalition government, which came to power in the elections in April this year, has embarked on a ...

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong says he will speak with his Cambodian counterpart regarding the dispute over the maritime border with the aim of joint development of the overlapping claim to benefit both countries on Thursday (September 5).Keep reading ...