Prommin : Supply fears loom if Egat lacks funds to expand (Bangkok Post : 20/03/04)
The country's electricity supply will be put in jeopardy if the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) remains a state enterprise, Energy Minister Prommin Lertsuridej warned yesterday.
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Greater public involvement needed to curb opposition (Bangkok Post : 27/10/03)
With serveral major infrastructure projects planned or under way to spur economic expansion, a veteran consultant says greater public involvement before implementation is necessary in order to head off opposition and possibly the collapse of some projects.
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Ministry of Energy confirms support for SPPs (Thai Rath: 26/4/03)
Mr. Cherdpongs Siriwich, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Energy, confirms the Ministry's continuing support for Small Power Producers, especially those in the renewable energy sector.
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A look at the renewables industry from a strategic business perspective, by a former director for Shell International Renewables.
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EGAT prepares for gas shortage in 2005 (Bangkok Post: 21/3/03)
EGAT has decided to renovate and repower three 20-year-old lignite-fired units at Mae Moh power plant in Lampang province, previously unused for a decade, due to an expected shortage of electricity by 2005.
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Tax on power production aims to help communities (Bangkok Post: 14/3/03)
New tax to be imposed on electricity production, with proceeds to go directly to local development in the provinces where power plants are located.
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The Provincial Electricity Authority has begun buying electricity from homes with solar roofs, pig farms, small hydroelectric dams, wind farms - just about anything that can produce electricity up to a capacity of 1 megawatt.
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Solar power under spotlight in cabinet reshuffle (Bangkok Post: 14/10/02)
The creation of the new Energy Ministry may encourage commercial development of solar power to gain momentum.
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Cabinet yesterday approved ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. The move would be announced by the Thai negotiating team at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which opened yesterday in Johannesburg.
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The government has decided to scrap the controversial Bo Nok and Hin Krut power plants, but it is reluctant to say so in public for fear of hurting the investment atmosphere, a highly placed government source said yesterday.
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EGAT expects power shortage after 2010 (Bangkok Post: 29/1/02)
Unless new power plants are built, Thailand's current power reserves will last only another 3 to 4 years. EGAT estimates that power demand will grow from 5.9 to 6.9% per year between 2002 and 2016.
EGAT plans to develop new independent power plants or buy power from abroad. However, given stringent new environmental requirements, building a power plant now generally takes 5 to 6 years, instead of 4 years.
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Protesters win stay of execution: Irregularities in Prachuap Khiri Khan IPP contracts? (Bangkok Post: 27/1/02)
Leading academics and impassioned activists have finally forced a top-level rethink of two highly contentious, coal-fired independent power projects (IPPs) in Prachuap Khiri Khan.
"If the National Energy Policy Office is truly serious about diversifying the price risk of fuels, it should do more to promote the use of renewable energy in power generation..."
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Sidebar: Energy from elsewhere (Bangkok Post: 27/1/02)
Options to building new power plants include demand-side management, renewable energy SPPs, and repowering EGAT's retired power plants.
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Senate team opposes EGAT purchase plan (Bangkok Post: 9/1/02)
EGAT should make its existing power plants more efficient and increase their output instead of buying electricity from controversial IPP power plants planned for Prachuap Khiri Khan, according to a Senate committee.
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Two sides far apart after public debate over coal-fired power plants (Bangkok Post: 13/12/01)
An inconclusive public debate on two proposed coal-fired power plants in Prachuap Khiri Khan has highlighted differences in the energy demand forecasts of project supporters and opponents.
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Shortages possible if low reserves persist, says NEPO (Bangkok Post: 12/12/01)
Thailand is running the risk of electricity shortages as the real power reserve in fiscal 2001 dropped to only 8% due to the temporary shutdown of some plants for maintenance or repair. While the situation is expected to improve this year, by 2007 reserves could fall to as low as 2%.
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Thailand looks to cut greenhouse gases (Bangkok Post: 23/7/01)
Thailand prepares to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by tapping renewable energy resources.
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Sowing in the wind (Bangkok Post: 28/6/01)
Problems plaguing wind and solar energy should remind Thailand to focus on alternative sources of energy available locally, such as biomass.
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Radical energy policy changes urged (Bangkok Post: 25/6/01)
Biomass energy promises to be the most practical of Thailand's alternative energy sources to bring real benefits to the country, farmers, and the environment.
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Biomass energy research center to be set up with UNDP (Bangkok Post: 21/6/01)
NEPO and the Office of Environmental Policy and Planning sign an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to set up a biomass energy research and promotion center, backed with a US$6.8 million contribution from the Danish government.
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Bid to trim oil bill by Bt 30 billion per year (Bangkok Post: 5/5/01)
The government announces a plan to cut oil imports by about US$670 million per year by 2003, by supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
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Environmental benefits of biomass power projects (Cogen-AIT: 25/10/00)
Focuses on avoided greenhouse gas and other emissions potential. Presentation by Arul Joe Mathias from a seminar organized by Cogen at the Asian Institute of Technology in October 2000.
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