The full plan includes eight hydropower plants nationwide with a combined capacity of 1,000MW over the next two decades.
Category: Thailand
UK-Thailand research yields rice progress
The researchers are helping to make rice production more resilient to the growing risks of climate change, ensuring it will continue to play its vital role as a staple food in both Thailand and the region.
Bank report says 2.6 billion baht financial loss so far from smog in and around Bangkok
The smog problem has been compounded by climate change, said the report as it recommended that agencies concerned must attach importance to the problem and makes assessments of its impacts on various aspects.
Chinese company consults locals over Mekong blasting
“Thammachat [the natural system and state of the river] is not undeveloped; It is rich. To do this to the river without answering the concerns of local people would be the same as stealing.”
Activists rally govt over water projects
The projects are the construction of dams at Khlong Sang and Wang Heeb, a water diversion canal at Muang Nakhon, and a water gate at Pak Pra.
EEC gets 400,000 rai for development
s much as 400,000 rai will be designated for industrial areas within the government’s flagship Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
Dams still best way to manage water resources: govt agencies
Instead of relieving the negative effects of climate change, dams and large-irrigation projects in Thailand will only cause further damage, as dams only intensify the already heavy pressure on the ecosystem.