Thai court halts government’s wind power purchase scheme over selection irregularities

[snoop1130]

 

The Central Administrative Court‘s ruling to halt the government’s scheme to purchase 1,500 megawatts of wind power, on grounds of alleged irregularities in power plant selection, prompted the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to gear up for an appeal.

 

The judgement came in response to Khon Kaen Wind 2 Co, a subsidiary of the SET-listed Energy Absolute (EA), who had voiced concerns over the lack of transparency in the ERC’s decision-making process.

 

EA, a firm specialising in renewable energy and electric vehicle development and operations, previously had another subsidiary — Thep Sathit Wind Farm Co —file a petition against the ERC’s approval of a power purchase deal between power providers and the state grid.

 

Thep Sathit Wind Farm was not included in the renewable scheme, with the ERC citing their failure to meet the minimum technical requirements for wind power development. The company, however, views ERC’s resolution as illegitimate, as detailed in an EA press release from October 3.

 

By Alex Morgan

Caption: Photo by Mike Setchell on Unsplash

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-10-17

 

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[Crossy]

Our local farmer's market has a bunch of small turbines, I drive past it twice a day all week.

 

I've never seen the ruddy things actually going round.

 

[redwood1]

Maybe they should invest in Blims instead.....

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Central Administrative Court‘s ruling to halt the government’s scheme to purchase 1,500 megawatts of wind power, on grounds of alleged irregularities in power plant selection

Irregularities... Thailand, perish the thought.

[jacko45k]

12 hours ago, Crossy said:

Our local farmer's market has a bunch of small turbines, I drive past it twice a day all week.

 

I've never seen the ruddy things actually going round.

 

That was the case in the Irish sea with the bigger models there, used to fly to the IOM and look at them all. 

[SingAPorn]

Nothing new as globally, the eco-green-sustainable-environmental-carbon-neutral.trend is a general racket plainly out to make profit, fill corrupt pockets and to make money. Money is good (or bad) but don't come telling tales claiming genuine and sincere concerns to save the planet.

[sammieuk1]

The only irregularity is the all the money has gone with the wind  🤔

[klauskunkel]

15 hours ago, Crossy said:

Our local farmer's market has a bunch of small turbines, I drive past it twice a day all week.

 

I've never seen the ruddy things actually going round.

 

Maybe they're fake, like the bomb detectors.

Senator Pornthip could sort that out...

[Grusa]

There is and has been for at least 10 years, a large wind generator on the breakwater at Ban Amphur beach. I have never seen it move. A complete waste of someones' money.