Electricity production

Renewable energy production

Covid-19 crisis delays Thailand’s biofuel future

Thailand’s Energy Ministry has postponed a nationwide plan to switch to biofuels until the Covid-19 crisis subsides.The ministry initially told oil refineries to stop producing gasohol 91 at the end of May and planned to increase consumption and manufacture of biofuels like gasohol E20, which ...

Sean Kelly

Prisons to be powered by solar electricity

Solar panels will be installed at all 143 prisons throughout the country in a bid to reduce their electricity costs after the Corrections Department was found to have not paid the power bills in full in 2019, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Sunday.According to ...

Bangkok Post Reporter

Egat to run solar power trade test

The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has initiated a test of peer-to-peer power trade from solar rooftops, planning to enter the prosumer trade in the coming years.Governor Viboon Rerksirathai said Egat installed solar panels on top of its headquarters in Nonthaburi to conduct ...

Yuthana Praiwan

Community power plant project to open for registration in Feb

The committee tasked with preparing draft regulations for planned projects will speed up their work with completion expected in January ahead of their auctions in February, said Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong.These projects will help stimulate the grassroots economy, especially the community-based power plant scheme.Keep reading ...

The Nation Reporter

Energy Minister promotes community-based power

Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong, who is currently on a tour of the Northeast, visited a rice product promotion centre in Ban Non Rang in Khon Kaen on Thursday (December 19) to see firsthand the success of the centre and promote the community-based power plant policy ...

The Nation Reporter

Jump-start household solar with loans, say experts

The government must provide more incentives and loans to encourage households to adopt solar energy generation, according to experts.Decharut Sukkumnoed, lecturer on economics at Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Agricultural and Resource Economics, said the growth in solar-powered households would be much greater if the state ...

Thana Boonlert

Scheme slotted for November

The Energy Ministry expects to conclude the business model and details of the Energy for All scheme for community-owned power projects by mid-November.Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said some pilot projects under the scheme will begin development and operation over the next couple of years.Keep reading ...

Yuthana Praiwan

Super Earth Energy 8 wins Nonthaburi RDF power plant project

Deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said on Tuesday (October 8) that the Cabinet has approved the selection of private operator Super Earth Energy 8 to invest in and manage the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) power plant in Nonthaburi province.The company recently won the bid for the ...

The Nation Reporter

WETA backs community power scheme

The Waste-to-Energy Trade Association (WETA) has given its full support to the government’s Energy for All scheme involving community-owned power, as the programme will increase power projects fuelled by agricultural waste.Keep reading ...

Yuthana Praiwan

ASEAN targets higher renewable energy utilisation

Energy Ministers of ASEAN gathered in Bangkok for meetings to better utilise the region’s energy as well as make ways to greater promote renewable and clean energy production.Keep watching ...

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