Thailand

More than 2,100 people in Laos will be forcibly resettled due to the construction of  Mekong dam.

Construction at the proposed Xayaburi Dam's access road and work camp wnet ahead despite an agreement by the four lower Mekong countries to defer a decision on the project.

Phoenix Solar Singapore has placed an order with Schott Solar for 67,000 PV modules for two projects being developed near Bangkok, Thailand. The total order is equivalent to approximately 16MW.

India's state-run NHPC would invest around Rs 15,000 crore for developing two hydropower projects in the neighbouring country Myanmar.

Sopogy has signed an MoU with MAI Development for the construction of a 6MW solar power plant in Bau Yai, Thailand.

Eight of GE’s gas turbines will be generating 300MW for PTT Utility’s power generation plants in Rayong, Thailand.

Two out of five hydroelectric dams being constructed in Cambodia by Chinese investors will begin to supply electricity from the end of this year onward, said Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Nawarat Patanakarn Public Company Limited of Thailand received an engineering procurement and construction contract for the Nam Sana hydropower project.

Laos will proceed with the construction of its $3.5 billion hydropower dam in violation of its agreement with neighboring countries. The Lao government. which agreed suspend the project pending approval by ministers of neighboring countries, has given Thai developer Ch Karnchang the green light to resume work on the Xayaburi Dam. Mekong basin countries are bound by treaty to hold inter-governmental consultations before building dams. After months of pressure from environmentalists and neighboring countries, Laos agreed on April 19 to defer the project until a meeting of ministers of the four countries involved, slated for the end of the year. The full story is available at reuters.

Dr. Twarath Sutabutr will be part of the panel of speakers in 28-30 June.

The THB4.4 billion project will have a combined capacity of 34.25 MW.

Krung Thai Bank extended made loans worth 381 million baht for a biomass power plant at Yala Province. The Bank revealed that its energy saving loans portfolio amount of over 90 billion baht.

Former UN Secretary Kofi Annan presided the event in Berlin.

Indian Ambassador to Myanmar, Seshadri, expressed concern over the slow pace of development of Indian hydropower projects in Myanmar.

Thailand's Energy minister will deliver the welcome address at the Clean Power Asia which will be held in Bangkok in June.

Tepco will invest $254 million for a 12 per cent stake in Thailand's Electricity Generating to expand beyond the Japanese market.