Thailand

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.

The said thermal barrier coating enhances the performance of gas turbine engines.

Glow Energy is planning to invest $300 million in two wind turbines with a combined capacity of 100MW in Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

Vogt Power will supply the heat recovery steam generators for the Amata Nakorn: ABP3 combined cycle co-generation plant.

Florida Governor Rick Scott joined Chromalloy officials and employees as they broke ground in Tampa, Florida.

 

A third of the total foreign investment in Myanmar went into the hydropower sector during the first seven months of the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Hydropower also represented the second-largest investment sector.