CleanTechnica » Thailand http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Yingli & Huawei To Jointly Expand Solar Power In Thailand http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/yingli-huawei-jointly-expand-solar-power-thailand/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/yingli-huawei-jointly-expand-solar-power-thailand/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:55:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76760 Yingli Green Energy Holding, the world’s largest photovoltaic modules manufacturer, has recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited (Yingli Singapore) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei, Solventina Solar Energy, and Kasikornbank to provide turnkey solar power solutions for power plants and distributed generation projects throughout

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/yingli-huawei-jointly-expand-solar-power-thailand/feed/ 0 Asia Pacific Solar PV Market Set To Reach 10 GW Q4’14 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/asia-pacific-solar-pv-market-set-reach-10-gw-q414/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/asia-pacific-solar-pv-market-set-reach-10-gw-q414/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:31:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76402 After a long absence after its recent acquisition at the hands of IHS, Solarbuzz has reappeared with its latest Asia Pacific Major PV Markets Quarterly report, forecasting the Asia Pacific region to reach the 10 GW mark for the first time in this last quarter of 2014. Annual solar demand in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is expected

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/asia-pacific-solar-pv-market-set-reach-10-gw-q414/feed/ 1 Australia Falls Out Of The Top 15 Utility-Scale Solar Countries http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:30:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74447 RenewEconomy. Sophie Vorrath. The global utility-scale solar market has clocked its fifth consecutive year of record growth, with newly released data showing total capacity has now reached 30.3GW, up from 21.5GW at the start of 2014. Figures released on Tuesday, along with the chart below, show that at the end of September the US was

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/australia-falls-out-of-the-top-15-solar-energy-producing-countries/feed/ 8 Australia Has Slipped Below Algeria, Myanmar In Renewable Energy Investment http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/06/australia-slipped-algeria-myanmar-renewable-energy-investment/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/06/australia-slipped-algeria-myanmar-renewable-energy-investment/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2014 06:00:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72901 Once a leader in renewable energy investment, Australia now lags behind developing countries such as Algeria, Myanmar, and Thailand

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/06/australia-slipped-algeria-myanmar-renewable-energy-investment/feed/ 10 Major Asia Pacific Markets To Account For 60% Of PV Demand http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/18/major-asia-pacific-markets-account-60-pv-demand/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/18/major-asia-pacific-markets-account-60-pv-demand/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:30:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72113 Yesterday NPD Solarbuzz analyst Michael Barker wrote a blog post looking out towards the year 2018, determining that global solar PV demand is being driven hard by major Asia Pacific markets — specifically India, China, and Japan, and including the United Kingdom (a non Asia Pacific country) but excluding Australia (a major Asia Pacific country). Today, NPD

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/18/major-asia-pacific-markets-account-60-pv-demand/feed/ 2 Your Own Peaceful Living Dome In Rural Thailand http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/07/peaceful-living-dome-rural-thailand/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/07/peaceful-living-dome-rural-thailand/#comments Wed, 07 May 2014 17:50:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66424 This home is so beautiful, and looks so comfortable. Want. It. Now… Originally published on Planetsave. On a large organic mango farm, far into the countryside of northeastern Thailand, Steve Areen built a little house under a dome for under $10K. Enjoy the video tour below! Once a teacher in Nicaragua, Steve’s been a traveler

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/07/peaceful-living-dome-rural-thailand/feed/ 0 World Solar Power Capacity Increased 35% In 2013 (Charts) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/13/world-solar-power-capacity-increased-35-2013-charts/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/13/world-solar-power-capacity-increased-35-2013-charts/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:50:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65306 With about 37,007 megawatts (MW) of solar PV power installed in 2013, world solar PV power capacity increased about 35% to 136,697 MW. Whereas Europe had dominated annual growth for years up until 2013 (10 years, to be precise), solar PV growth was much more evenly split last year, and China actually topped the tables.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/13/world-solar-power-capacity-increased-35-2013-charts/feed/ 37 Small-Scale Solar Projects Now Account For Over Half Of Construction http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/19/small-scale-solar-projects-now-account-half-construction/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/19/small-scale-solar-projects-now-account-half-construction/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:40:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62887 According to a new report from NPD Solarbuzz, solar PV projects ranging in size from 250 kilowatts (kW) to 5 megawatts (MW) now account for almost half of the 4,300 projects currently under construction across leading PV countries. The latest NPD Solarbuzz Global Deal Tracker report details the collective downstream project activity in leading and emerging PV

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/19/small-scale-solar-projects-now-account-half-construction/feed/ 8 South Africa World’s Most Attractive Emerging Solar Energy Country http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/south-africa-worlds-attractive-solar-energy-country/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/south-africa-worlds-attractive-solar-energy-country/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2014 13:40:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62054 Global information company IHS has released an analysis which paints South Africa as the world’s most attractive emerging country for solar energy, pointing to the country’s target of 8.4 GW of solar PV capacity by 2030 combined with the country’s successful large-scale tendering process in moving towards that goal. In IHS’s Emerging PV Markets Attractiveness

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/south-africa-worlds-attractive-solar-energy-country/feed/ 4 Asia-Pacific Region To Account For Half Of Global PV 2014 Demand http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/20/asia-pacific-region-account-half-global-pv-2014-demand/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/20/asia-pacific-region-account-half-global-pv-2014-demand/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:40:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60377 It is that time of year again, when each and every market analysis company comes out of the woodwork to let us know just how the state of the coming year is to be, and the solar industry is not to be left out. IHS and Mercom Capital released their 2014 predictions earlier this week,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/20/asia-pacific-region-account-half-global-pv-2014-demand/feed/ 0 Top 20 Utility Scale Solar Countries http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/top-20-utility-scale-solar-countries-graph-of-the-day/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/top-20-utility-scale-solar-countries-graph-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:40:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=56036 Originally published on RenewEconomy. The latest update of utility scale solar developments round the world shows that the US has just joined China as the second country to have installed more than 3 GW of “big solar,” and will soon be joined by Germany. But Australia still does not make the big solar top 20

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/04/top-20-utility-scale-solar-countries-graph-of-the-day/feed/ 4 Top Solar States vs Top Solar Countries (CleanTechnica Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/27/top-solar-states-vs-top-solar-countries-update/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/27/top-solar-states-vs-top-solar-countries-update/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:50:44 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53157 Following our top solar states rankings and our top solar countries rankings, below are rankings that mix the two. The rankings are for total and new solar power capacity per capita as well as total and new solar power per GDP. I thin the results are very interesting…. If you missed these previous rankings, also

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/27/top-solar-states-vs-top-solar-countries-update/feed/ 4 Top Solar Power Countries Per Capita & Per GDP (CleanTechnica Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/26/solar-power-by-country-solar-rankings-by-country/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/26/solar-power-by-country-solar-rankings-by-country/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:50:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=53146 –> Update: Also see the new top solar power countries vs top US solar states rankings. Following up on my top solar power state rankings, below are rankings of the top solar power countries per capita and per GDP. These solar power by country rankings are key to seeing who the solar power leaders are in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/06/26/solar-power-by-country-solar-rankings-by-country/feed/ 25 ‘Global’ Carbon Market Goes Truly Global http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/02/global-carbon-market-goes-truly-global/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/02/global-carbon-market-goes-truly-global/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:00:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50308 Reposted from Medium: Until 2012, Europe was central to the global carbon market; heck, it was the only “real” market. Carbon offset project developers invested billions to earn Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and sold them to European companies and traders participating in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/04/02/global-carbon-market-goes-truly-global/feed/ 10 Kazakhstan Will Launch Emissions Trading System In 2013 http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/21/kazakhstan-will-launch-emissions-trading-system-in-2013/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/21/kazakhstan-will-launch-emissions-trading-system-in-2013/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:00:05 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=45306 Kazakhstan will institute a greenhouse gas emissions trading system on businesses emitting more than 20,000 tons of CO2 annually, starting January 1, 2013.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/21/kazakhstan-will-launch-emissions-trading-system-in-2013/feed/ 2 Conergy To Build Two Solar Parks In Thailand With Combined Capacity Of 21 MW http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/14/conergy-to-build-two-solar-parks-in-thailand-with-combined-capacity-of-21-mw/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/14/conergy-to-build-two-solar-parks-in-thailand-with-combined-capacity-of-21-mw/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:20:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=45063   Thai Solar Energy Co Ltd has partnered with Conergy for the supply of equipment for two solar parks in Thailand, and to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) for these Thai solar parks, which have an aggregate capacity of 21 MW. Conergy will develop the solar parks at two locations in Thailand, Suphan Buri Province and

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/14/conergy-to-build-two-solar-parks-in-thailand-with-combined-capacity-of-21-mw/feed/ 0 South Asia’s Largest Solar PV Plant, Powered by Suntech, Commissioned in Thailand http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/28/south-asias-largest-solar-pv-plant-powered-by-suntech-commissioned-in-thailand/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/28/south-asias-largest-solar-pv-plant-powered-by-suntech-commissioned-in-thailand/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:35:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=43306   The world’s largest producer of solar panels, Suntech Power Holdings Co., has announced the grid connection of South Asia’s largest photovoltaic power plant, which has an installed capacity of 44 MW and is located in Bang Pa-In, Ayutthaya, Thailand. The project is called ‘Sunny Bagchak’ and achieved grid connection on 4th September. The project

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/28/south-asias-largest-solar-pv-plant-powered-by-suntech-commissioned-in-thailand/feed/ 3 Wind Cheapest Form of Energy in Kenya and Nicaragua http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/13/wind-cheapest-form-of-energy-in-kenya-and-nicaragua/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/13/wind-cheapest-form-of-energy-in-kenya-and-nicaragua/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 17:48:03 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=37969   A recent study by scientists at the ETH Zurich’s Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) looked into the cost of generating 1/10 of the electricity needed for 6 countries (Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Thailand) using wind power, utility-scale solar PV, or conventional options. (The research team didn’t include decentralized, off-grid wind turbines

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/13/wind-cheapest-form-of-energy-in-kenya-and-nicaragua/feed/ 1 Thailand Inaugurates Its 1st Solar Thermal Power Plant http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/05/thailand-inaugurates-its-1st-solar-thermal-power-plant/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/05/thailand-inaugurates-its-1st-solar-thermal-power-plant/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:07:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=32667   We don’t write about Thailand all that often (OK, I don’t know if I’ve ever written about it here on CleanTechnica), so I figured I had to give a shout out to this good solar news story from the thoroughly flooded country (a country I probably get a good portion of my rice from). The

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2011/12/05/thailand-inaugurates-its-1st-solar-thermal-power-plant/feed/ 3 Bangkok Becomes First Megacity to Mull Move to Higher Ground http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/25/bangkok-becomes-first-megacity-to-mull-move-to-higher-ground/ http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/25/bangkok-becomes-first-megacity-to-mull-move-to-higher-ground/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:44:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=32427 After another year marked by months of epic flooding in the capital city of 12 million, this month AFP reports that lawmakers in Thailand have submitted a parliamentary motion to begin discussions of building a second capital or moving Bangkok to higher ground. Sataporn Maneerat, a Puea Thai party MP, told AFP Thailand should think about moving the

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