Thailand

B Grimm will earmark Bt75 billion for power-plant expansion and other energy projects in Thailand over the next seven years.

Wood Group GTS, GDF SUEZ and Glow SPP11 have extended a term maintenance agreement to include two additional GE Frame 6B gas turbines located at Glow SPP11 Company Limited's power plant in Rayong, Thailand.

Thailand's largest energy company, PTT Public Company Ltd, bids to diversify away from oil and gas for power generation and into coal.

SPCG Plc announced its completion of 30 megawatts of sun-powered capacity.

Thai villagers are blocking the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand from buying electricity to be generated by a hydropower dam being built in Laos.

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding is looking to invest in two or three power plants in Myanmar, excluding the Dawei project.

The Myanmar electric power authorities signed an MoU with the Toyo-Thai Corporation on conducting feasibility study for a natural-gas-fired and combined cycle power plant.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand will build an 800MW coal-fired power plant worth initially Bt60 billion in Krabi.

Thailand underpinned its credentials as a leader in the Asian power sector for renewable energy by introducing a comprehensive package of adder rates for renewable energy technologies in 2007, and currently offers incentives for biomass/biogas, solar (thermal and photovoltaic), wind and mini/micro hydropower projects. Adder rates are available for VSPPs (Very Small Power Producers, producing up to 10 mW) and all adder rates except for hydropower are available for SPPs (Small Power Producers, producing from 10mW up to 90 mW). The adder rates are payable in addition to the normal price of electricity paid to VSPPs and SPPs. Adder rates for solar and wind projects apply for ten years and adder rates for other renewable energy projects apply for seven years. Renewable technology                            Adder rate (Baht/kW hour)* Biomass/biogas (>1 MW / up to1 MW)                          0.30 / 0.50 Hydro (50-200kW/<50kW)                                            0.80 / 1.50 Waste (landfill, digestion/thermal)                                 2.50 / 3.50 Wind (> 50kW /up to 50 kW)                                         3.50 / 4.50 Solar (Thermal and photovoltaic)                                      6.50                                                                                                       * 1 USD = 31.6 Baht, July 2012 Additional adders are also available for projects located in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat (where civil unrest has received consistent media coverage for several years) and for projects which replace electricity produced by diesel generators. Additional adder rates (Baht/kW hour):

Vung Tau Province hopes to save 5-7% of total energy consumption by 2015 through several energy efficiency projects.

State-owned PTT Pcl intends to invest up to US$3 billion in energy projects in Myanmar.

 Italian-Thai Development is in talks with new investors to replace Max Myanmar Group in the $50 billion Dawei project in Myanmar.

Hundreds rallied for a second day in one of Myanmar's biggest cities on Monday to protest against chronic power

Two massive wind farm projects will account for a sixth of Thailand’s planned total wind power capacity.

Solar Power Company will put up 34 solar plants totalling 204 MW in Isaan by the end of 2012.

Thailand's Board of Investment  has approved 11 projects worth more than 80 billion baht or US$2.589 billion, with five involving production from natural gas and solar.