Ratch closing in on new acquisitions Energy giant plans to spend B7bn on power plants published : 15 May 2021 at 06:59 1 Wind turbines at the Collector Wind Farm project in New South Wales, Australia. It started operations in the first quarter this year. SET-listed Ratch Group expects to conclude its 7-billion-baht purchase of new power generation assets soon offering 350 megawatts of capacity, strengthening its status as the largest private power producer by capacity. Chief executive Kijja Sripatthangkura did not name the assets, saying only that they are both fossil fuel-fired and renewable power plants, which are both operating and under construction. Once the acquisition is complete, Ratch expects to increase its power generation capacity to 9,224MW by the end of this year, up from 8,874MW at present, including facilities that are under construction.