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(June 4): Laos will push ahead with its ambition to become the “battery of Southeast Asia,” planning a Mekong River dam that has drawn opposition from neighbors and threatens to involve China and the U.S. Four Mekong River nations are scheduled to meet June 26-27 in Thailand to discuss matters including Laos’ plan to build the Don Sahong dam. The Xayaburi dam has broken ground and construction on the new structure may start as soon as this year, with Cambodia and Vietnam seeking to delay the project. “Laos remains committed to exporting hydropower and becoming the battery of Southeast ...

The cabinet decision to guarantee a huge loan to be taken out by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) to ease the effect of the higher fuel tariff (Ft) seems a bad idea.

SET-listed Gulf Energy Development, Thailand's biggest private power producer by market value, has increased its capital spending by 20% to 120 billion baht as it plans to acquire more new assets in the clean energy sector.

The Supreme Administrative Court's decision last week to dismiss the Xayaburi Dam lawsuit should serve as a reminder of an issue rarely mentioned -- the Thai government's unrealised pledge to promote environmental conservation and human rights protection in transboundary investments.

Villagers again suffer lost crops, damaged businesses and flooded homes as a result of Laos’ hunger for hydropower.