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The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will discuss regulations for electricity procurement from community power plants aimed at the grass-roots economy, as well as the draft on annoucements inviting people to sell electricity and join the project on March 3.

The student-led protest movement urged supporters to gather at the Chaengwattana Government Complex in Bangkok at 4pm on Tuesday, as tensions rose over yet another act of government censorship.

Energy firm Scan Inter (SCN) should complete development of its 220-megawatt solar energy plant in Minbu, Myanmar ahead of the original deadline of late next year, said chief executive officer Littee Kitpipit.

At a teleconferenced International Energy Agency (IEA) forum on Friday (July 10), Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said Thailand had the potential to become a regional leader in the production of electric energy.

WASHINGTON - The first night of major unrest in Washington had exploded in chaos on May 29, with protesters and Secret Service officers battling outside the White House. At 8:30 the next morning, Mayor Muriel Bowser and her senior aides huddled on a conference call for an update from the city's police chief. 

Energy firm BCPG is aiming for 10-15 per cent yearly growth in five years and investments in various projects with a combined value of at least Bt45 billion, Bundit Sapianchai, its president, said on Thursday (March 4).

B Grimm has plans to expand its business both in Thailand and abroad, including through mergers and acquisitions.

The Tree Bank Community Enterprise Network, led by its president Saman Buasing and representatives of community enterprises nationwide, came to the Ministry of Energy on Friday (December 20) to thank the minister, Sontirat Sontijirawong, for pushing for the community-based power plant project, and also submit a proposal on the project to him.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has received permission from the Energy Minister, Sonthirat Sonthijirawong, to sell electricity produced in Thailand to nearby countries, Patana Sangsriroujana, the organisation’s deputy governor of strategy and spokesman said on Monday.

A seminar on Wednesday (October 30) entitled “Smart Grid for the Future City”, educated people about the concept of smart power grids, which will support the electric power industry’s development, and help implement Thailand’s effective electricity generation plan.

Several of the 10 countries in Southeast Asia have adopted clean-energy policies, and yet the use of coal continues to increase in the region.

It remains a disconcerting vision. Imelda Marcos, who has been convicted on no less than seven counts of graft and corruption, attended last week’s swearing-in of her daughter Imee as the family dynasty’s third and latest senator.