Thepsathit Wind Farm in Korat told to stop operations by court

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Thepsathit Wind Farm told to stop operations by court

 

 

KORAT: -- Development of wind energy in Thailand appears to be in the limbo after the Supreme Administrative Court has ordered the suspension of operations of Thepsathit Wind Farm Company for its use of Sor Por Kor (land reform) land to build a wind farm in Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Agriculture Minister Chatchai Sarikalya has reportedly ordered the land reform office in Nakhon Ratchasima to enforce the court’s order within 90 days until April 24.

 

He said the court’s order is clear and there is no need for interpretation as Sor Por Kor land cannot be leased out to outsiders.

 

Thepsathit Wind Farm Company entered into contracts with 20 individuals in Nakhon Ratchasima and Chaiyaphum provinces to rent 700 rai of their Sor Por Kor land in 2009 to be used to develop a wind farm –which is against the law , reas Sor Por Kor land cannot be rented out to outsiders who do not have the right to utilize the land.

 

About 20 companies have been granted licenses to generate and utilize wind energy from wind farms.

 

Ms Omsin Siri, director of communications of Clean Energy Company, said the company had rented Sor Por Kor land to build a 260-megawatt wind farm to produce energy under the Hanuman programme in Chaiyaphum province.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/thepsathit-wind-farm-told-stop-operations-court/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-06

[Ricardo]

That's a bit of a blow !

[The man from udon]

The way round this could be,tear up the rental contracts and say sorry we won't do that again,loan the land owners/farmers the turbines in return for a big percentage of the electricity generated.same as lending a tractor for most of the rice produced on a farm.

[Srikcir]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Sor Por Kor land cannot be leased out to outsiders.

So can we expect justice with the 20 individuals who leased properties to be criminally charged?

 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

there is no need for interpretation

Case closed.

Or were the owners of Thepsathit Wind Farm Company mislead not only by those individuals but also by the Land Department in believing they had legal permits to allow develop the property for wind energy? Land reform should also scrutinize the process of how Sor Por Kor land can be illegally leased out to "outsiders" and follow any money trails associated with such interactions.

[NoBrainer]

I believe that I read that somewhere in the ruling it also said that power generation is not recognized as a farming activity, and can not be carried out on ARLO land either.

[colinneil]

What a load of rubbish !!

Somebody failed to pass on the brown envelope, and now they are paying the price for not greasing the wheels.

Funny this was not picked up on before.

You missed me in the payouts so now you pay bigtime.

[Valentine]

I guess nobody is even thinking about the environmental benefits.

[Brer Fox]

51 minutes ago, Valentine said:

I guess nobody is even thinking about the environmental benefits.

If you are suggesting wind turbines are the answer to clean green energy you should read this. Just another opinion, not necessarily mine. It is hard to escape fossil fuels.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/to-get-wind-power-you-need-oil