Green energy: An aerial view of a solar power farm in Sa Kaeo province. By the end of 2037, about one-quarter of Thailand’s electricity would come from so-called very small power producers. — AFP
BANGKOK: Thailand is jump-starting a decades-old plan to create a South-East Asia electricity super-grid, and wants to be the power-trading hub at the centre of it.
The nation is set to triple the amount of electricity from Laos that it resells to Malaysia, while encouraging infrastructure upgrades stretching from Cambodia to Myanmar necessary for cross-border power trading, said Wattanapong Kurovat, director-general of the country’s energy policy and planning office. The moves are part of Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong’s efforts to make Thailand’s power system cleaner, cheaper and more efficient.
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