Thailand to Get a Roadmap for Solar Energy

On Friday June 21, the Chulalongkorn University’s Energy Research Institute and the Ministry of Energy Department of Alternative Energy Development and Energy Efficiency (DEDE) hosted a meeting to discuss the development of Thailand’s Solar PV Roadmap. More than 40 participants from solar industry, the government, NGOs, and academia participated. All three utilities, the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), and Electricity Generating Authority... Read More

A workshop on Energy Integration in Myanmar

In collaboration with Todai Policy Alternative Research Institute (PARI), the University of Tokyo, ERI is hosting a workshop: “Energy Integration in Myanmar: A view from abroad” on June 24, 2013.  The program will soon be announced. Objectives and Outline Objectives: Regarding the Energy development in Myanmar, this conference aims: -           to understand the energy integration in Myanmar in the ASEAN context; -           to share neighbor’s... Read More

ERI welcomes a French intern

ERI welcomes a French intern, Mr.Maxime Buffet, from Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France. Mr.Buffet is studying in a Master ‘s Program in Process & Engineering, with a special focus on thermal energy.  ...

ERI co-hosts ASEAN ENERGY FOCUS 2013

ERI co-hosts ASEAN ENERGY FOCUS to exchange ideas and seek collaboration with colleagues from Southeast Asia and Japan. Read more  ...

Plan for energy risk management urged in parallel with new PDP

The Energy Ministry should develop a risk-management procedure in parallel with its new Power Development Plan and should give the public a greater role in drafting the PDP, a scholar says. As well, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) says the country should raise its power reserve to 25 per cent from the 15 per cent |mandated in the existing PDP and purchase more energy from neighbouring countries. Detail : http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Plan-for-energy-risk-management-urged-in-parallel–30200446.html  ...