SOCPES Power & Energy Blog

14/11/06 - AsiaTimes - Unplugging Thailand, Myanmar energy deals, BANGKOK - Thai Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand says he intends to scrap the previous government's controversial multi-billion dollar plans to ramp up imports of hydroelectric power and natural gas from neighboring military-run Myanmar, signaling a potentially significant shift in which direction the region's energy flows...Thailand would aim to purchase more hydroelectric power from neighboring Laos...