February 28, 2008 (Bangkok Post) – Thailand is developing a master plan to build the country into the world’s second largest green energy producer after Brazil. Energy Minister Poonpirom Liptapanlop said she wanted to see the country become a net exporter of green energy to tap strong global demand.
To achieve the goal, authorities plan to [...]
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Poonpirom wants to make Thailand world-class ‘green energy’ hub
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biomass, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Crude Palm Oil, Solar, Thailand, Wind on February 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Asia’s tigers eye nuclear future
Posted in ADB, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Hydro, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Legislation, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nuclear, Philippines, Singapore, Solar, Thailand, Vietnam on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 15, 2008 (Asia Times) – The 2005-07 spike in petroleum prices topping out at US$100 a barrel has prodded economic planners across the globe to reconsider their energy options in an age of growing concern over global warming and carbon emissions. The Southeast Asian economies, beneficiaries of an oil and gas export bonanza through [...]
Thailand’s greener energy future
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Carbon Credits, Carbon capture, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Coal, Conservation, Crude Palm Oil, Energy Efficiency, Ethanol, GHG, LNG, Legislation, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Small-hydro, Solar, Solar Thermal, Thailand, Transportation, Waste Management, Waste to Energy, Wind on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 11, 2008 (Bangkok Post) – To cope with high oil prices and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Thailand must pursue four options: development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, nuclear energy and carbon capture and storage. However, renewable energy has certain limitations, and options for each country are different depending on availability of natural resources, technologies [...]
Thai Cops Beg for Cooking Oil to Fuel Fleet
Posted in Biodiesel, Thailand, Transportation on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
November 13, 2007 (Reuters) – Thai police have put out an all-points bulletin for used cooking oil to fuel its patrol fleet as ballooning oil prices eat away the annual crime-fighting budget. Anyone is welcome to contribute a source for biodiesel, from large food processing plants to roadside fried banana stalls.
‘Thai police in the globalised [...]
IKF Tech signs US$50MM contract with Thai companies for Jatropha plantations
Posted in Jatropha, Thailand on October 9, 2007 | 10 Comments »
October 8, 2007 (Financial Times Online) – IKF Technologies signed joint venture (JV) agreements with two Thai companies – Kiwin and Kondanna Group (an associate of US-based Kondanna Energy and Petroleum ), reports Business Line.The contract is signed for jatropha plantations, in both Thailand and North East (for bio diesel); and also for supply of [...]
Trading Emissions takes 81% Stake in Thai Biogas Plant
Posted in Biogas, Carbon Credits, Cleantech venture capital, Renewable Energy, Thailand on August 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
August 21, 2007 (Point Carbon) – Trading Emissions plc, a London-listed carbon aggregator, has taken a substantial controlling stake in one of the world’s biggest biogas plants and one of the first projects to be eligible for carbon credits in Thailand, the company said today.
Through its subsidiary Trading Emissions Asia, the company now owns 81 [...]
Largest Thai Biodiesel Producer Builds Fourth Plant
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Renewable Energy, Thailand on August 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
August 23, 2007 (Emerging Current) Thailand: Thai oil refining company Bangchak Petroleum Plc. will invest about US$28 million to US$31 million to build a biodiesel plant by the end of this year, Patiparn Sukorndhaman, Bangchak’s senior executive vice-president said in a statement. The new plant, which will be capable of producing up to 300,000 [...]
