●111210C Mekong, online.wsj.com
メコン本流ダム，メコン河委員会は，更に下流への影響を調査するため着工延期と，
Big Dam Project Delayed on Mekong http://on.wsj.com/uUtqA4 http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111210C01.jpg http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111112X01.jpg
A contentious $3.5 billion dam project on
the Mekong River was put on hold again Thursday
as nations called for further study of the
environmental effects, a setback for Laos's
plan to reinvent itself as the hydropower
battery of Southeast Asia.Mekong River Commission,Xayaburi
dam project,Lim Kean Hor, chairman of the
Mekong River Commission's council and Cambodia's
minister for water resources,Thailand-based
Ch. Karnchang PCL,disrupt the migratory patterns
of fish,nutrient-rich sediment flows,10 more
planned dams ,construction of other dams
further upstream in China,scientists from
the U.S. Geological Survey,around 70% of
their protein requirement,Mekong Giant Catfish,energy
minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk
●111207A Laos, newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
今日からシアムリアップで始まるメコン河委員会閣僚会議によるラオスの３０億ドルのサヤブリダム採否の協議
Xayaburi Dam and the Fate of the Mekong http://bit.ly/sZ1cXD http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111207A01.jpg http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111207A02.jpg http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111112X01.jpg
Andrew Howley,Representatives of the nations
around the Mekong River are meeting this
week to make a decision regarding the construction
of a large new dam that would have varied
and substantial effects throughout the region
(read the backstory in this NG News article
from March 2011).Zeb Hogan,pros and cons,“Battery
of Asia”,approximately 55 dams,cost to replace
these ecosystem services could be as high
as $274 billion,tributary dams (as opposed
to mainstream dams),22 dams proposed, approved,
or built on the mainstream Mekong in China,
12 mainstream dams,Mekong fisheries?largest
in the world, 2.5 million tons/year,values
at $3-6 billion/year,Mekong Giant Catfish
●111204A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
ラオスのサヤブリダムについて，環境ＮＧＯが，タイの需給予測から，買電の必要はないと主張
Study says national power supply sufficient http://bit.ly/unMULy http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111204A01.jpg
Thailand can meet its future energy needs
without any additional hydropower imports
or further investment in coal or nuclear
energy, a new study shows.California-based
environmental NGO International Rivers, energy
researchers Chuenchom Sangarasri Greacen,
Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos,
Power Development Plan (PDP 2010), next 20
years by 13,200 megawatts, Mekong River Commission,Ch
Karnchang Co,Cambodia,further studies,Vietnam,suspended
for 10 years,Thailand strong caution
●111204B Laos, phnompenhpost.com
ラオスのメコン本流サヤブリダムに関して，米国議会特別委員会が融資を規制する決議
US Senate pushes for Xayaburi funds freeze http://bit.ly/vbkrM1 http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111204B01.jpg http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111112X01.jpg
The United States Senate Foreign Relations
Committee yesterday approved a resolution
calling on US representatives at multinational
banks to suspend financial support to environmentally
questionable projects on the Mekong River,
including the planned Xayaburi dam in Laos.international
environmental standards for any financial
assistance to hydropower dam projects on
the mainstream of the Mekong River，Mekong
River Commission，intergovernmental Mekong
River Commission，important precedent，effectiveness
of the MRC，Mekong Mainstream dams for a
period of at least 10 years
●111204C Loas, bangkokpost.com
ラオスのサヤブリダムについて，タイ政府は反対はしないが，ラオスは慎重に環境配慮をと
Thailand won't veto construction of dam http://bit.ly/v35uI7 http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111204C01.jpg
Thailand will not oppose construction of
the Xayaburi dam in Laos but Vientiane must
take responsibility if the project causes
any environmental damage, Natural Resources
and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk
says.Bangkok had no right to interfere，Thai
National Mekong Committee，Mekong River Commission
(MRC) at a meeting on Dec 7-9 in Siem Reap,
Cambodia，in 2019，Ch Karnchang Co，Pianporn
Deetes, a Thailand campaign coordinator of
International Rivers
●111127A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの洪水に関して，ＪＩＣＡは１９９９年の調査結果を踏まえ，対策策定を支援する
Japanese experts to devise new flood plans http://bit.ly/ur7Fhw http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111101001.jpg
Thailand needs efficient forecasts and in-depth
analysis on flood cycles to implement new
flood prevention measures, says the Japan
International Cooperation Agency.Hajime Taniguchi,
a Jica official，flood management along the
Chao Phraya River Basin，in about 18 months，Royal
Irrigation Department，Chao Phraya Biver
Basin between 1996-1999，by severe flooding
in 1995，to residential and industrial areas，Water
Resources Department，expected every 10 years，dam
management in Thailand is different from
that in Japan，short-term plans to deal with
next year's floods，government has appointed
Jica as an adviser on water resources management
for future development
●111119C Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイとカンボジアが争うタイ湾の沖合い原油ガス田の競合問題ＯＣＡが解決に向けて兆し
Oil, Gas and improving thai cambodian relations http://bit.ly/sYw7Xw
The Southeast Asian oil and gas community
is all abuzz about the overlapping claims
dispute between Thailand and Cambodia.overlapping
claims area (OCA)，more than 27,000 square
kilometres in the Gulf of Thailand，OCA dates
back to 1907，signed by both sides in 2001，2009
for political reasons，Thailand divides the
OCA into blocks 5-14，to Chevron, British
Gas, Mitsui, Idemitsu and PTT Exploration
and Production，Cambodia OCA into areas
1-4，Idemitsu, ConocoPhillips and Total，to
draw a median line，blocks 5 and 6，fishing
rights make this section very important，blocks
7-13 (referred to by the Cambodian government
as areas 2-4)，blocks 7-13 (the most promising
for oil and gas)，So there is still a lot
of work to do in the negotiations, and significant
obstacles remain, but there is strong optimism
that a deal may be concluded within the next
two years.
●111101G Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイのバンコク，洪水制御について，日本政府は長期に亘ってタイ政府を支援すると
Japan vows to help thwart more deluges http://bit.ly/tNNupR http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111101001.jpg
Japan wants to continue supporting Thailand
in a long-term flood-prevention system to
prevent future inundations, says Seiji Kojima,
the country's ambassador to the kingdom.Japan
International Cooperative Agency (Jica)，Eight
experts _ who specialise in subways, water
supplies, aviation safety, and infrastructure，Flood
Relief Operations Command (Froc)，Jica senior
adviser Kimio Takeya，MRT faced no risk
●111030C Thailand, bangkokpost.com
メコン河の黄金の三角地点で起きた中国船襲撃の真相について，中国政府調査要請
Attack on Chinese ships was personal, says
Chalerm http://bit.ly/rKs71H http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111030C01.jpg http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111030C02.jpg
Police have solid evidence which suggests
that weapons were fired from the Thai side
towards the cargo ships in which 13 crew
members were found dead on the Mekong River
earlier this month, said Deputy Prime Minister
Chalerm Yubamrung.Pha Muang Task Force
●111019A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイ政府は大規模洪水に対応するための法案を策定中
New law will boost water management http://bit.ly/nFP9Y8 http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111019Y2.jpg
The government will draft a special law to
help fund investment in water management
systems to mitigate the impact of floods,
Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala
said.50-billion-baht increase in the 2012
budge,120 billion baht for flood relief,1.7
percentage points off,at 3.8% this year,
could fall to as low as 2.1% due to the floods,next
three to four years,Deputy Prime Minister
Yongyuth Wichaidit,Prime Minister Yingluck
Shinawatra,foreign investors to help rebuild
business confidence,Frankly, the Thai economy
cannot withstand this kind of impact year
in and year out
●111019B Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの大規模洪水，小島大使が日本準備の４００人避難センターを訪問，激励
Japan suffers worst industry loss overseas http://bit.ly/ovomLp http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111019B01.jpg http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111019Y01.jpg
hands out,Ambassador hands out relief bags
to victims,Japan has experienced its largest
overseas investment loss ever as a result
of the flood disaster in Thailand, the country's
ambassador to Thailand Seiji Kojima said
yesterday."Hundreds of Japanese companies
are now under water. We cannot calculate
the losses until the floods recede.Ladkrabang
Industrial Estate,there was no need to withdraw
any investments from the country,At least
400 Japanese factories have been inundated
in six industrial estates in Ayutthaya and
Pathum Thani,evacuation centre, which is
home to about 400 people,Masato Otaka, economic
minister at the Japanese embassy,but the
industrial estates are very important as
they support the livelihoods,190 companies
located inside Nava Nakorn, 104 are Japanese,
we have to thank all local volunteers, including
villagers and the army
●111019C Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの大規模洪水，中国はいち早く水利部の副大臣を団長とする調査団が５日間の現地調査
China vows assistance for flood victims http://bit.ly/o55Lss http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111019C01.jpg
China has pledged further assistance to Thailand
after its top flood expert saw first hand
the extent of the recent flooding.Chinese
deputy irrigation minister Liu Ning，five-day
intensive inspection，traditional friend，to
check sluice gates in Pathumthani, Ayuthaya
and Bangkok， With extensive experience in
dealing with floods，China has donated 80
million baht in cash and kind, including
motorboats, tents and medical supplies，airplane
from China，20,000 clothing items, 300 flat-bed
boats, 1,300 six-person tents, 30 water purifiers,
and 80,000 sandbags
●11019D Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの大規模洪水，国際空港が閉鎖の危機，ドンムアンとスアナブフミ
Threat underscores need for alternate airport http://bit.ly/pLKR8y http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111019Y02.jpg
Thailand risks losing the bulk of its commercial
air traffic through Bangkok if floods shut
down Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports
as no other airport is capable of fully assuming
their roles.Orient Thai chief executive Udom
Tantiprasongchai，Navy-operated U-Tapao Pattaya
International Airport，only around 3,000
passengers a day，Suvarnabhumi alone is processing
110,000 international and 28,000 domestic
passengers，Chiang Mai and Phuket
●111019E Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの大規模洪水，ＥＧＡＴの発電所が一部停止ているが，供給は安定
Egat closes four plants http://bit.ly/p3vUOr http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111019E01.jpg
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
(Egat) has shut down four plants with combined
capacity of 1,210 megawatts because of heavy
flooding.national grid by 3.9%，Egat governor
Sutat Patmasiriwat，600-MW gas-fired Wang
Noi plant in Ayutthaya，500-MW Lam Tha Khong
hydropower plant in Nakhon Ratchasima，A.T.
Bio Co biomass plant with a capacity of 20
MW in Phichit，90-MW gas-fired Rojana Power
Co plant in Ayutthaya，Egat increased，gas-fired
South Bangkok plant in Samut Prakan by 300
MW，another 300 MW coming from Egco Group
Plc's gas-fired Rayong plant，700-MW North
Bangkok plant located near the Chao Phraya
River in Nonthaburi was at risk，almost 4,000
MW, and a reserve of 1,800 MW could start
up immediately
●111019F Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの大規模洪水，タイ中央銀行のプラサーン頭取は，政府が海外企業救済へ準備万端と
BoT: Restoring investor confidence crucial http://bit.ly/piXdd2
Banks are well prepared to provide relief
to flood-affected businesses, but policymakers
must reassure foreign investors that Thailand
has effective flood prevention measures,
says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the Bank of
Thailand governor."What I have been
worried about is whether the flood will leave
a long-term lasting effect on the industrial
base that we have nurtured during the past
four decades.83% of the country's industrial
areas are outside，100 billion baht or 1%
of GDP，63 billion baht, or 0.74% of total
loans，Krirk Vanikkul, a central bank deputy
governor，People concerned have shown a strong
will to rehabilitate the industrial estates
as they are associated with employment，Finance
Minister, Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala，Only
Krung Thai Bank has agreed
●111019H Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの洪水被害は更に増大，死者３００名，問題はチャオプラヤ河
Chao Phraya River hits record high, governor
soothes fears http://bit.ly/oAmC4h http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111016001.jpg
Bangkok governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra
has calmed fears over heavy floods in the
capital, saying the situation is not yet
critical despite water levels in the Chao
Phraya River hitting a record high yesterday.at
Pak Khlong Talat hit 2.15m,65cm below the
flood barrier,Thawi Watthana district,Nakhon
Pathom,Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate,Min Buri
district,4,636 households,The government
is speeding up its attempts to rescue those
who remain trapped or stranded by the flood,
said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.flood-related
death toll had risen to 297
●111006C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国家石油ＰＴＴは，欧州経済危機や米国景気の落ち込みを考えて，海外エネルギー資産の買収に絶好の機会
PTT may shop for cheap assets http://bit.ly/qiOthx
The plunge in stock markets globally, sparked
by escalating
concerns over the European debt crisis, has
presented
opportunities for PTT Plc to buy cheap foreign
assets in coal and
liquefied natural gas (LNG), say executives.chief
financial
officer Tevin Vongvanich，Australia are the
group's targeted
countries for coal，Qatar, Australia, Indonesia
and Africa are
promising destinations for the LNG business，plan
to issue
debentures worth 20 billion baht in November，
to cut this year's
investment budget from 95.8 billion baht
to 77.5 billion as it
delays some investments, mainly in power
plants and coal projects
abroad.Pailin Chuchottaworn, PTT's president
and chief executive，
resulting in oil prices moving by as much
as US$4 or $5 a barrel
overnight，China and India.
●111006D Thailand, Bngkok Post
タイのワナラット産業大臣が講演，石油産業にとってミャンマーのダウエイ工業団地計画は極めて重要
Dawei base 'crucial for attracting new investment' http://bit.ly/n7mz9U
http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111006D01.jpg
The local petrochemical industry will need
to expand into Burma's Dawei area, as Thailand
has little room for such new investment,
Industry Minister Wannarat Channukul said
yesterday.Asean Economic Community in 2015，regional
production networks，entitled "The Thai
Petrochemical Industry: Vision 2020"，Map
Ta Phut production base，Expanding investment
in other countries such as Vietnam, Burma,
China and in the Middle East，geographical
location and deep-sea port，Kanchanaburi
province is only 160 kilometres，Witoon Simachokdee,
the ministry's permanent secretary，estimated
at 29 million tonnes this year，to grow to
50-60% of output by 2015
●111006E Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの代替エネルギー開発局ＤＥＤＥ，太陽エネルギーは電気にするよりも直接熱
Solar grants seek to wean companies off heating
gas http://bit.ly/nUC5GQ
The government is increasing grants to finance
small entrepreneurs that invest in solar
collectors for hot water production and heat
for the drying process, a move to help them
stay away from liquefied petroleum gas.The
government, through the Department of Alternative
Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE),
is offering grants worth 30% of project investment
for heating water and 60-70% for the drying
process.LPG price，Prapon Kitichantaropas,
the executive director of the Bureau of Solar
Energy Development，53 million baht for the
grants this year，15,000 baht per square
metre，7,500 baht per square metr，42 entrepreneurs
applied for heating water and 14 for the
domes，lower cost than electricity production
●111003H Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの主導的商社であるロクスリ社は,来年度の投資計画で総額２〜３０億バーツを設定
Loxley sets green budget http://bit.ly/pEKeN8 http://my.reset.jp/adachihayao/111003H01.jpg
Loxley Plc, one of the country's leading
trading companies, has set an investment
budget for next year of 2-3 billion baht,
most of which will go into renewable energy.President
Thongchai Lamsam，joint-venture solar farm
in Prachin Buri，biodiesel from algae，to
start generating 8.67 megawatts in November，The
biodiesel project is a joint venture with
the Energy Ministry, Bangchak Petroleum and
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding.offices
in Vietnam, Burma, Laos, and China
●110930D Thailand,bangkokpost.com
タイで代替エネルギーでフォーラム開催,農業企業から,バイオマス,特に米作によるポテンシャルに関心
Thailand needs commitment to develop biofuels,
says CP http://bit.ly/owx0XN
Thailand has huge potential for energy production
from crops but it needs good management and
research and development, say energy analysts.Charoen
Pokphand Group (CP)，rice and palm oil，Twarath
Sutabutr, deputy director-general of the
Department of Alternative Energy Development
and Efficiency in the Energy Ministry，biofuel,
biomass and biogas，Arthit Vechakit, managing
director of Excellent Energy International
Co，We need confirmation from the government
on whether it will push ahead with development
of renewable energy because cutting the levy
is in stark contrast to this position."
●110930E Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイ政府は,国内燃料費補助のため,１００億バーツの借り入れを実施
B10bn in loans for fuel subsidy http://bit.ly/od43nR
The government intends to borrow 10 billion
baht from commercial banks to finance domestic
fuel subsidies, says Energy Minister Pichai
Naripthaphan.The state Oil Fund is now more
than 1 billion baht in the red after the
government cut levy collections on pure petrol
and diesel a month ago.
●110903C Thailand, The Nation
タイのインラック新首相，前政権でタイ湾沖の原油ガス田についてカンボジアと密約ありか
Thai government investigating “secret oil
talks” with Cambodia http://bit.ly/oSMXXR
Thailand's new Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra,
has directed the Foreign Ministry to investigate
alleged "secret" oil discussions
with Cambodia.Thai government spokesman Thitima
Chaisaeng,deputy Prime Minister, Suthep Thaugsuban,over
the 10,400-square-mile offshore region,Foreign
Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul,Cambodian
Deputy Prime Minister Sok An
●110822A Thailand, power-eng.com
タイのＥＧＡＴ副総裁が，原発開発が遅れるようならしばらく石炭で代替することを考えると
Coal seen as possible alternative to nuclear
power: EGAT http://bit.ly/p8BOHA
"If nuclear power will have to be deferred
for at least three years, coal is a choice,"
Thawat Vadjanapornsithi, deputy governor
for corporate social responsibility at the
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
(Egat), said last week.15-year power development
plan (2008-22),1 gigawatt from each of five
nuclear power plants,15-16 coal power plants,10-12
years,six to eight years,coal fired 41 per
cent,gas at 21 per cent,hydro at 16 per cent,nuclear
at 13 per cent,oil at 5.5 per cent,France,nuclear
energy at 78 per cent,Thailand,gas at 70
per cent,industry for 46 per cent, households
for 22 per cent, businesses for 15 per cent,
small businesses for 11 per cent and others
for 6 per cen,total system capacity as of
May 24 was 31.45GW,peak load was recorded
at 23.90GW,International Atomic Energy Agency,coal
used as fuel emitted 991 grams of Co2 per
kilowatt per hour, followed by oil with 782
grams, liquefied natural gas with 549 grams,
clean oil with 57 grams and nuclear 10 grams.
Korean government has passed a special law
to promote nuclear power plants
○110801B Thailand, Bngkok Post
タイは，２００５年に工業など厳しい渇水に襲われたが，今年はこれに対抗できる手段が出来た
Never a dry season PTTCH puts water woes
behind it with help from Hydrotek's desalination
plant http://bit.ly/ouNDlU
In 2005, severe drought caused damage to
several industrial plants at the Map Ta Phut
industrial estate.
PTT Chemical Plc (PTTCH) at that time chose
to solve the problem by purchasing water
from the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority,
which was transported on ships at a cost
of 200-300 baht per unit.
●110729C Thailand, hydroworld.com
タイのＥＧＡＴは,北海道電力の協力を得て、管内２２の水力発電所３,４２４ＭＷについて
Demonstrating Feasibility of a Wide-Area
Maintenance System in Thailand http://bit.ly/qYJ3fd
wide-area maintenance system for hydroelectric
facilities in Thailand,Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand,By Kanchit Ngamsanroaj
and Hisashi Takamine,1,560 MW of hydropower
plants in Japan,unmanned,22 sites with total
capacity of 3,424 MW,remote monitoring system,30
MW Mae Ngat plant,EGAT's 20 plants total
99% of the more than 3,500 MW of hydro capacity,Department
of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency
(DEDE),Ministry of Energy and Provincial
Electricity Authority (PEA),with 400 to 500
staff,late 1970s and early 1980s,Hokkaido
Electric Power Co. Inc. (HEPCO),HEPCO's 53
hydro plants,1,231 MW,100% in 1986,Mae Ngat
and 779.2 MW Bhumibol plants
○110721A Thailand, biz.thestar.com.my
タイの国家石油ＰＴＴは,この先１０年間で１０００億ドルの投資を行う計画
PTT plans to invest US$100b http://bit.ly/nWpDzZ
PTT Pcl,US$100bil over the next 10 years,group
revenue,6 trillion baht (US$200bil),chief
executive Prasert Bunsumpun, to invest around
1 trillion baht in the next five years,five-year
plan,Australian coal miner Straits Resources
Ltd,coal output to 30-40 million tonnes in
2015,70 million tonnes in 2020 from 10 million
tonnes now,Fortune top 100 by 2020,regional
trading hub for liquefied natural gas (LNG),second
LNG terminal,Chitrapongse Kwangsukstith,
chairman of PTT International Co Ltd,cost
about US$400mil,first LNG terminal,10 million
tonnes a year,Nigeria, Qatar and Indonesia,floating
LNG project in Australia,in 2016,2 million
tonnes a year
●110721B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのガスに依存するＥＧＡTだがパイプラインが故障,ラオスの水力売電増加
Egat may buy more from Laos http://bit.ly/qzxORh
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
(Egat),Nam Ngum and Nam Theun 2 hydropower
plants in Laos,gas supply disruptions,Gulf
of Thailand,Governor Sutat Patmasiriwat,by
2 billion baht,ruptured on June 25,bunker
oil,Nam Theun 2 to 530 million kilowatt-hours,Nam
Ngum 2 to 370 million kWh,Laos is in its
rainy season,Natural gas accounts for 72%
of all fuel used in power generation in Thailand,
followed by coal at 20%, domestic hydropower
at 5% and power imports from Laos at 2%,normal
level of 4.4 billion cfpd,Ratchaburi Electricity
Generating Holding Plc,Lampang's Mae Mo power
plant,PTT Plc,liquefied natural gas,to 350,000
tonnes from 140,000 tonnes
○110704B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの気候変動委員会ＴＧＯのシリタン会長は,新政権に対して政策推進を要請する構え
Greenhouse gas cuts in pipeline http://bit.ly/jTBzUt
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 20%
by 2020 from a 1990 baseline,green tax,Thailand
Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (TGO),TGO
executive director Sirithan Pairoj-Boriboon,Indonesia
41% emissions reduction by 2020 from the
1990 baseline,345 million tonnes of GHG,229
million in 2000,500 million tonnes in 2020,
energy sector, transport and industries account
for 70%,Thai Carbon Market,supported by the
World Bank,corporate social responsibility
(CSR) programmes,Vietnam,approved Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) projects,fourth place in
Asean,three-year 30% tax incentives,138 projects
that cut 8.3 million tonnes,Resources and
Environment Ministry, Climate Thailand Conference
2011 from Aug 18-19
○110704C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの無電化農村で，住民参加による発電所開発が進んでいる
Empowering the community http://bit.ly/lCkWrI
Chumphon villagers,Egat,9 million baht,Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat),mini
hydropower plant for Khlong Rue village in
Chumphon's Phato district,100-kilowatt plant,Thammasat
University, King Mongkut's University of
Technology Thonburi and Srinakharinwirot
University,Maximum participation by villagers,Jitti
Mongkolnchaiarunya, a social administration
lecturer at Thammasat University,Most of
the solar cells ended up broken,Khlong Rue
village,20,000-rai Khlong Rue Forest,Royal
Forestry Department,be it solar, wind or
biomass,waterfall at the edge of the village,70%
complete and scheduled to be finished in
August,Provincial Electricity Authority rate,Sompoch
Nakaravong, Egat's head of civil engineering
construction,Egat governor Sutat Patmasiriwat,developing
community-run power plants in eight southern
provinces
●110602C Thailand, chinapost.com.tw
タイの天然ガスについてエネルギー省が解説，このままでは１８年で使い尽くす
Thailand's natural gas reserves to run out
in 18 years: official http://bit.ly/lUYuTR
Thailand's natural-gas reserves are estimated
to be enough for only 18 more years if no
new reserves are found, said Kurujit Nakornthap,
deputy permanent secretary of the Energy
Ministry. stand at 23 trillion cubic feet，rate
of 3,747 million cubic feet per day (MMcfd)，gas
stood at 11.026 trillion cubic feet，condensate
at 255 million barrels，crude oil at 180
million barrels，natural-gas amount stood
at 6.170 trillion cubic feet, ondensate at
86 million barrels, and crude oil at 170
million barrels，combined 3,717 million cubic
feet per day (MMcfd)，estimated at a combined
4,006MMcfd，Thailand's natural-gas reserves
are estimated to be enough for only 18 more
years if no new reserves are found, said
Kurujit，Nakornthap, deputy permanent secretary
of the Energy Ministry. ，to import 702MMcfd
from Burma，71 percent of all energy sources
○110531B Thailand, nation.com.pk
タイのバンコクで開かれた太陽光国際会議の模様をパキスタン紙が伝えている
Wider solar power use critical to Asia’s
growth http://bit.ly/kLAdC0
ADB Vice-President (Operations 1) Xiaoyu
Zhao said that Asia must expand solar energy
generation if the region is to stay on its
strong economic growth path and reduce carbon
emissions, says a press release issued here
on Monday. Natural Energy Development Company’s
initial 73-megawatt plant in Lopburi，38-megawatt
project from Bangchak Petroleum Company PCL
in Ayutthaya
●110531C Thailand, powergenworldwide.com
タイのバンコクで開かれたＡＤＢ主導のアジア国際太陽光会議
Upbeat on Thailand's potential as solar power
generator http://bit.ly/mfqNR3
Solar power here would climb to 150 megawatts
by year-end from 60MW at present, Krairit
Nilkooha, director-gen?eral of the Alternative
Energy Development and Efficiency Department,
told the third meeting of the two-day Asia
Solar Energy Forum in Bangkok yesterday.
Bangchak Petroleum's 38MW, Natural Energy
Development (NED)'s 55MW solar farms，will
be raised to 73MW，Asian Development Bank，combined
capacity of 3.3 gigawatts，over 2GW have
already signed，tariff of Bt6.50 per unit
，feed-in tariff to Bt7-Bt7.50，internal
rate of return would be a，reasonable 13
per cent，2.5GW of solar power in 15 years，Xiaoyu
Zhao, a ADB vice president
●110531D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのラチャブリはバンコク北部，ナバナコム工業団地に１２２ＭＷのコジェネ
New cogeneration venture http://bit.ly/jjbqON
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding
Plc has entered into a shareholder agreement
for a cogeneration small power producer (SPP)
project with capacity of 122 megawatts of
electricity and 15 tonnes per hour of steam.，Nava
Nakorn Electricity Generating (NNEG)，Nava
Nakorn Industrial Promotion Zone in Pathum
Thani，start in in 2016，Ratchaburi CEO Noppol
Milinthanggoon，Wichai Pornkeratiwat, senior
executive vice-president for the gas business
unit of PTT Plc，Nipit Arunvongse Na Ayudhya,
managing director of Nava Nakorn
●110515A Thailand, Bangkok Post
ラオスのメコン本流ダムの着工延期で原発運動の中，大きな機会を逃がした
Avoid going nuclear by allowing the dams http://bit.ly/jzx6e3
I was disappointed to see that the Lao government
has agreed to delay the start of the Xayaburi
hydropower dam on the Mekong River. This
will have a grave impact on the people of
this remote province.，All this has been
shown by the smaller Nam Theun 2 project，to
be delayed for up to 10 years，Mekong River
Commission，Kariba dam on the Zambezi (1959)，Aswan
dam on the Nile (1970)，further 10 projects
planned，nuclear power stations sooner rather
than later，Fukushima nuclear power，Three
Mile Island and Chernobyl accidents，Laos
and Burma，nuclear power in Thailand
●110515C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのバンコクポストで，チェンマイの７人の怪死事件と福島原発事故が対比
Proactive stance is critical in Chiang Mai http://bit.ly/jY1m6R
It is becoming obvious that the earthquake
that spawned the deadly March 11 tsunami
in northeast Japan has also dealt a serious,
if not mortal, blow to the future of the
nuclear power industry.，chlorpyrifos，mortal，Prime
Minister Naoto Kan said last Tuesday that
Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear
reactors.，to build 14 new nuclear reactors
by 2030，generation scheme to 50%，Germany
announced a moratorium on nuclear expansion，China
has expressed new concerns，Tokyo Electric
Power Co (Tepco)，meltdown had occurred at
reactor No1，First, on how bad this disaster
ultimately turns out to be, and, second,
on whether a truly viable non-fossil fuel
alternative to nuclear power emerges.
●110429C Mekong, english.vietnamnet.vn
米国政府はメコン河委員会がサヤブリダム着工延期を歓迎する
US supports delay of Laos’ hydropower plant http://bit.ly/lrRwSm
The US Department of State, on April 26,
stated that it welcome a delay in construction
of Laos’s Xayaburi Dam Project, and hoped
that ASEAN countries could work out an environmentally
sound solution.，11 proposed main stream
dams and over 70 tributary dams，Mekong River
Council’s (MRC)，US Senator Jim Webb, who
heads the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee
on East Asia，Xayaburi hydroelectric project，1260
megawatts of electricity，150 km downstream
of Luang Prabang in northern Laos，a dam
810 m long and 32 m high，reservoir area
of 49 km2，live storage of 225 Mm3，Ch. Karnchang
Public Co. Ltd，tariff agreement with EGAT
in July 2010，alluvial，Mekong Delta to reduce
from 26 million tons a year to 7 tons a years
●110427A Mekong, google.com/hostednews/afp/
メコン本流のラオスの１２６０ＭＷサヤブリダムで米国が延期に賛同
US welcomes delay in controversial Mekong
dam http://bit.ly/hkaX5C
The United States on Tuesday welcomed a delay
in construction of a controversial dam on
the Mekong River, voicing hope that Southeast
Asian nations would work to ensure it is
environmentally sound.，$3.8 billion Xayaburi
dam，US State Department，Senator Jim Webb,
who heads the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee
on East Asia，Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton，Lower Mekong initiative
●110426A Mekong, english.vietnamnet.vn
メコン川下流，ラオスのサヤブリダム建設で議論沸騰，月末にも閣僚会議
Experts call on Laos to abandon hydropower
project http://bit.ly/hill6p
After the Mekong River Council (MRC) decided
to further consider the Xayaburi - Laos controversial
hydro-electric project; scientists and environmental
organizations in Southeast Asia have called
for Laos to give up this project.，on April
19，Ms. Ame Trandem, Mekong Campaigner with
International Rivers，resettle over 2,100
people，affect over 202,000 people，approximately
41 fish species，Mekong Giant Catfish，Nguy
Thi Khanh, from the Center for Preservation
and Development of Water Resources (WARECOD)，World
Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)
US$3.8 billion Xayaburi dam，Jian-hua Meng,
hydropower specialist for the WWF，10-year
moratorium
●110425B Thailand, hydroworld.com
メコン河本流，ラオス領内の１２６０ＭＷ，サヤブリダム，タイ企業は強気，３０日内認可
xayaburi hydropower plant http://bit.ly/hPrYCn
Ch Karnchang believes that the Laotian government
will approve construction of the Xayaburi
hydropower plant within 30 days because the
plant's design takes environmental impact
into account, chief executive officer Plew
Trivisvavet told a shareholder meeting yesterday.
，more than Bt10 billion worth of systems，Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)，syndicated
loan of Bt80 billion，Ch Karnchang holds
30 per cent of Xayaburi Co，Laotian government
holds 20 per cent，25 per cent is held by
PTT subsidiary Natee Synergy Co，12.5 per
cent by Tokyo Electric Power Co，7.5 per
cent by BECL
●110422A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国会の委員会がラオスのサヤブリダムからの買電契約に反対
House panel damns Xayaburi dam http://bit.ly/eplJz1
The House committee on political development,
mass communications and public participation
is unanimously opposed to the construction
of Xayaburi dam on the lower Mekong River
in Laos, Democrat MP and committee spokesman
Watchara Phetthong said on Thursday.，Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)，Article
190 of the 2007 constitution，Mekong River
Commission (MRC)，House committee secretary
and Democrat MP for Bangkok Boonyod Sukthinthai，Prime
Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva，Ch Karnchang，Krung
Thai Bank，11 more dams，China has already
constructed four dams
●110422B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイと中国の弾丸列車構想はタイ側の総選挙後の再協議提案で棚上げ
Thai-Chinese rail pact delayed http://bit.ly/fpq3T0
Thailand and China are unlikely to sign an
agreement for the joint development of a
standard-gauge rail line between Nong Khai
and Bangkok by May because negotiations have
not been completed.，Transport Ministry，Korbsak
Sabhavasu, a member of the Thai-China rail
development committee，first phase between
Nong Khai and Bangkok，second between Bangkok
and the southern provinces，by late this
year or early next year，Zhang Zhjun, the
Vice Foreign Minister of China
●110421B Thailand, The Nation
メコン本流のサヤブリダムの決定延期でタイは１年以上の遅れは影響大と
Thailand to pursue power purchase plan http://bit.ly/i4ZTwb
Thailand is pushing forward with its plan
to purchase electricity from the Xayaburi
hydropower plant in Laos in the hope that
the resolution among Mekong River countries
on Tuesday to delay the project would not
lead to its eventual demise.，demise，Energy
Minister Wannarat Charnnukul，Xayaburi Power，Energy
permanent secretary Norkun Sitthiphong，Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand，mekong
River Commission's Joint Committee (JC)，Power
Development Plan 2010，National Energy Policy
Committee，PPA to buy 1.23 gigawatts from
the 1.29GW project at Bt2.479 per unit，Ch
Karnchang，Bt80-billion financing package，investment
of Bt1.15 trillion，commercial operations
in January 2019，Nuttachat Charuchin-da,
senior executive vice president of PTT，25-per-cent
stake，three projects with combined capacity
of 2.31GW，memoranda of understanding for
power purchases with Xayaburi Power (1.29GW),
Nam Ngum 3 (440MW) and Xe Pian Xe Nam Noi
(390MW)，Nam Ngum 2 (615MW), Nam Theun Hin
Bun (220MW) and Hongsa Lignite (1.47GW)，Vithet
Srinetr, an environment coordinator of the
mekong River Commission，fisheries, residues,
water quality, dam safety and water transport，minister-level
meeting in October
●110401A Thailand, Bangkok Post
災害にあった日本の中小企業が今年前半にもタイに工場移転
Japanese relocation drive expected to begin
soon http://bit.ly/fYWr1e
Japanese relocation drive gaining momentum,
say industriesMany tsunami-affected small
and medium-sized companies http://bit.ly/fYWr1e
Japanese relocation drive gaining momentum,
say industriesMany tsunami-affected small
and medium-sized companies in Japan are preparing
to move their production to Thailand, with
some manufacturing relocations expected in
the first half of this year, say industry
leaders.，Viroj Sirithanasart, president
of the Thai Tool and Die Industry Association，30%
of die manufacturers，die manufacturer，automotive
and electrical appliance industries，10-15%
of those Japanese companies were likely to
relocate to Thailand，190,000 SMEs in Miyagi,
Iwate and Fukushima prefectures，Takao Hayashi,
director of the SME Promotion Department
of the Japan External Trade Organisation
(Jetro) in Bangkok，Chanin Khaochan, director
of the Board of Investment's Unit for Industrial
Linkage Development (Build)，BoI
●110319B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのエネルギー大臣は福島事故で原発安全について見直し指示
Wannarat: Nuclear safety needs serious review http://bit.ly/fJNCaJ
Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul yesterday
broke his silence on plans for Thailand's
first nuclear power plant scheduled to operate
from 2020, admitting the project should be
reviewed by energy policy planners.，Thailand's
20-year power development plan (PDP) from
2010-30，more closely at safety measures
and new technology，yet to make a definite
decision，International Atomic Energy Agency，elevant
laws and a supervisory regulator, public
awareness and acceptance of nuclear power,
and adoption of an international protocol，11%
of power generation by 2030，lignite and
imported coal making up 24%，natural gas
39%，neighbouring countries 20%，renewable
energy 6%，gas currently accounts for 72%，coal
at 20%，domestic hydropower 5% ，imported
power from Laos 2%，five nuclear power plants，1,000
megawatts each，from 2020-28，Norkhun Sitthipong,
the permanent secretary for energy，Plan
B in case people say no to nuclear power
or imported coal，liquefied natural gas imports，power
purchases from neighbouring countries，small
power producers and renewable energy
●110316C Thailand, Bangkok Post
日本人は悲しみに沈んでいるが復興と共に日本人はタイへ帰ってきてくれる
Cancelled trips hit 70 pct http://bit.ly/fKLnhz
About 70 per cent of outbound package tours
to Japan worth 3 billion baht for the summer
season have been cancelled since the devastating
earthquake and tsunami, according to the
Thai Travel Agents Association (TTAA).
around 100,000 Thai people
Japanese products to be checked for contamination
Restaurants work to quell fears
Japanese people are very sad now and both
inbound and outbound tourism there will drop
heavily in the short term but the situation
will improve gradually once the rebuilding
takes place
●110316D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの福島原発影響，候補地，２０００人が計画取り消しを求めデモ
Thai civil groups fight against nuclear plants http://bit.ly/hIMnrL
Thai civil groups have joined the global
community in opposing the construction of
nuclear power plants in the wake of a series
of explosions at the quake-hit Fukushima
power complex in Japan.，Network of People
Against Nuclear Power Plants，20-year power
development plan，five nuclear power plants，5,000
megawatts by 2020-2025，eight provinces，Trat,
Chumphon, Nakhon Sawan, Surat Thani, Ubon
Ratchathani, Khon Kaen, Kalasin and Prachuap
Khiri Khan，Sodsai Sangsoke, leader of the
anti-nuclear group in Ubon Ratchathani，petition
to the Vietnamese government to cancel，Greenpeace
campaigner Tara Buakamsri，2,000 people from
18 districts of Kalasin，Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand's (Egat)
●110315D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイ，福島原発事故と関連して，アビシット首相は本来原発反対であった
Abhisit said to be opposed to nuclear plants http://bit.ly/hh8qUA
PM refused to commit govt to new power pla
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was already
mulling over whether to scrap plans for nuclear
plant projects in Thailand even before the
feared nuclear meltdown in Japan. Energy
Ministry，International Atomic Energy Agency，yet
to enter into the second phase，development
of personnel，
20-year power development plan (PDP)，five
nuclear power plants，5,000 megawatts by
2020-2025，back-up plan is to build 13 coal-fired，800-megawatt
plants，another gas-fired, 800-megawatt plant，Nuclear
Society of Thailand former president Pricha
Karasuddhi，not melted down，Sunchai Nilsuwankosit,
head of Nuclear Technology Development Department
of Chulalongkorn University，Norkhun Sitthipong,
permanent，secretary of the Energy Ministry，Pailin
Chuchottaworn, president of IRPC，refined
oil and petrochemical prices
●110313C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのＰＥＡ，１６年で４０００億バーツを知的送電網
PEA plans smart grid system http://bit.ly/fpwget
The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)
will spend 400 billion baht over the next
16 years to integrate electricity transmission
lines nationwide into a smart grid system.
PEA governor Narongsak Kamales，two-way digital
communications，Thailand will be the third
country in Asia to install a smart grid,
after Japan and South Korea
●110313D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのバンコクポスト，日出ずる国が最良の結果となることを信じている
Japan's anguish is felt in Thailand http://bit.ly/ekvr3e
Friday's massive earthquake in the northeast
of Japan and the resulting tsunami that sent
walls of water far inland have focused the
hopes, prayers and sympathies of the world
on the island nation, and Thailand is no
exception. 2004 Asian tsunami，as high as
1,300，sum of five million baht in assistance
funds，Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva，About
50,000 Thais live in Japan，2,000 Thai Airways
passengers，very real possibility of a nuclear
reactor meltdown，Tokyo Power Electric Co，20km
radius of the plant was ordered to evacuate，metal
container sheltering a nuclear reactor was
not affected by an explosion，Yaroslov Shtrombakh,
a Russian nuclear expert, said a Chernobyl-style
meltdown was unlikely
about everyone on the planet hopes he is
right，Thailand and around the world people
are hoping for the best possible outcome
in the Land of the Rising Sun.
●110311A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの石炭企業バンプー，モンゴルの石炭に注目，資本参加
Banpu to expand in Mongolia Stake in Australian
miner an opportunity http://bit.ly/dJtFgR
Banpu Plc, Asean's largest coal miner, will
continue to invest more in Mongolia after
it recently acquired minority shares of an
Australia-based company that has several
projects in the pipeline in the North Asian
country. Chief financial officer Somrudee
Chaimongkol，China, Indonesia, and Australia，12.39%
or 30 million shares of Hunnu Coal，A$45
million (1.4 billion baht)，in the exploration
and development phases，in South Gobi, Mongolia，10
coal development projects，400 million tonnes
of JORC coal resources
●110311B Mekong, news.smh.com.au
メコン河本流の３５億ドル，サヤブリダム開発，３月２２日決断
Australia urged to help halt Mekong dam http://bit.ly/hRrjG1
Environmental groups want Australia's help
to halt a $3.5 billion hydro-electricity
power project on the Mekong River which has
pitted our South-East Asian neighbours against
each other. Xayaburi Dam project，Mekong
River Commission (MRC)，11 proposed hydropower，developments
on the lower Mekong River，to be deferred
for 10 years，Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd，Ame
Trandem, a representative for environmental
group International Rivers，A decision on
the project by the commission could come
as early as March 22，In 2007, Laos signed
a memorandum of understanding，$3.5 billion
development，University of New South Wales
political analyst, Carl Thayer，Climatologist
Anond Snidvongs from Chulalongkorn University，fisheries
on Cambodia's Ton Le Sap Lake and Vietnam's
delta，greater saltwater intrusion into agricultural
soils damaging rice
●110306C Mekong, voanews.com
メコン河のサヤブリダム，メコン河下流諸国，着工決断へ
Push to Build Dams Sparks New Warnings Over
Mekong River's Future http://bit.ly/gpZbiI
Governments along the Mekong River are nearing
a decision on plans to build a hydropower
dam in Laos. Environmentalists fear that
a planned series of dams will damage the
environment, and the livelihoods of the people
living along the Mekong.，Xayaburi hydropower
dam，generating 1,260 megawatts of electricity，12
dams planned for the Mekong，$3.5 billion
Xayaburi project，Thailand，Mekong River
Commission，1995 agreement the four countries，4,900-kilometer
Mekong system，next 10 years，Climatologist
Anond Snidvongs at Thailand’s Chulalongorn
University
●110227A Laos, irinnews.org
メコン下流本流のサヤブリダムは沿岸国が３月に意思表明
LAOS: Decision expected on controversial
Mekong dam http://bit.ly/gt77WV
The proposed Xayabury Dam on the lower Mekong
River promises to supply much-needed energy
to the region, but at a "devastating"
environmental and personal cost to surrounding
communities, say activists and environmental
experts. river's biodiversity, fisheries
and sediment flows，Ame Trandem with International
Rivers, a US-based environmental NGO，Thai
construction company Ch Karnchang，Sixty-five
million people，Jeremy Bird, director of
the Laos-based Mekong River Commission (MRC)，200,000
fishermen and farmers，The proposed Xayabury
Dam on the lower Mekong River promises to
supply much-needed energy to the region,
but at a "devastating" environmental
and personal cost to surrounding communities,
say activists and environmental experts.
2010 Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)，Alan
Brooks, director of the Phnom Penh-based
NGO, World Fish Center，11 hydropower dams
proposed along the lower Mekong River，Mekong
Agreement，Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and
Vietnam，as early as March 2011
●110227E Mekong, hydroworld.com，The Nation
メコン河，ラオス政府が奨めるサヤブリダムサイトの近傍で地震
mekong river Geologists say Xayaboury site
near dangerous faultline http://bit.ly/eFaMf9
Geologists say Xayaboury site near dangerous
faultline，An earthquake in Xayaboury, central
Laos, raised further questions about government
plans to build a hydropower dam in the province,
media reports and observers said on Friday.，4.7
on the Richter scale occurred on Wednesday，Vientiane
，biggest fault lines running through northern
Thailand，Premrudee Daoroung, director of
the Bangkok-based environmentalist group
Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional
Alliance (Terra).，In 2007, Laos experienced
a 6.1-magnitude，Oudomxay province，World
Wide Fund for Nature
○110227 タイ中部ロッブリで太陽光発電所稼動、出力２メガワット http://bit.ly/hG1WG1
タイ中部ロッブリで太陽光発電所稼動、出力２メガワット，タイの大手ポリエステルメーカー、インドラマ・ベンチャーズ（ＩＶＬ）は，タイ中部ロッブリ県の自社工場隣接地に建設した太陽光発電所が稼動を始めたと発表した。出力２メガワット。建設費は２億７５００万バーツhttp://bit.ly/hG1WG1
●110224A Thailand, onlinetes.com
タイのＳＰＰ，シーメンスが１４機のＧＴ８００受注
Siemens Receives Two Major Orders http://bit.ly/hMWTGH
Siemens Energy has been awarded contracts
from Thailand for a total of 16 SGT-800 industrial
gas turbines for combined cycle cogeneration
plant under Thailand´s Small Power Producer
program. Gulf JP, an independent power producer
headquartered in Bangkok，EPC contractor
Toyo Engineering Corporation，14 gas turbines
for seven projects，two SGT-800 machines，Toshiba
Plant Systems & Services Corporation，Amata
B. Grimm Power 3 Ltd，Markus Tacke, CEO of
the Industrial Power Business Unit of Siemens
Energy，seven two-unit contracts，power projects
Saraburi，Chachoengsao province for the Chachoengsao
Cogeneration power project，approximately
800 MW
○110224 東電、三菱商事とタイＩＰＰの経営に参画 http://bit.ly/e1Ij0p
東電、三菱商事とタイＩＰＰの経営に参画，ＥＧＣＯの株式をそれぞれ１２．２８６％ずつ間接的に保有，４月上旬から経営に参画する。東電がタイでＩＰＰ事業に参画するのは初めてで、海外事業の強化を掲げた２０２０ビジョン発表後の第１号案件となる。http://bit.ly/e1Ij0p
○110222B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの経済社会開委発表，第４四半期で年率換算３.８％
Thai GDP grows 3.8% in Q4 http://bit.ly/eNqWYO
The country's gross domestic product in the
last quarter of last year was up 3.8%, the
Office of the National Economic and Social
Development Board said today.，Thai economy
grew by 7.8% in 2010，office forecaste growth
of between 3.5% and 4.5% this year，Inflation
at between 2.8% and 3.8% ，
○110222C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの株式市場ＳＥＴ，月曜の立ち上がり，４.８９ポイント上昇
SET index up 4.89 at opening http://bit.ly/fD7Ynj
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite
index opened up 4.89 points, or 0.49% on
-Thursday's close, to stand at 1,000.46 points
at the start of trading on Monday morning.
The trade value was 1.40 billion baht. BANPU
stood at 768.00 baht, up 8.00 baht (1.05%)，PTTCH
stood at 151.00 baht, up 1.50 baht (1.00%)，IVL
stood at 43.00 baht, up 1.00 baht (2.38%)
，PTT stood at 336.00 baht, up 2.00 baht
(0.60%)，BBL stood at 158.50 baht, down 0.50
baht (0.31%)
●110221D Mekong, eurasiareview.com
The Mekong Sub-Region: Emerging Challenges
New Dynamics
メコン河開発は組織が錯綜，この先５年が開発の勝負 http://bit.ly/dW8ZNI
China’s 12th Five Year Plan (2011-2015)
has targeted intensive investment in dams,
railways and highways with plans to complete
the hydropower projects set out in the 11th
Five Year Plan. These massive investments
include plans for hydropower dams in lower
and upper Mekong countries that are highly
controversial because of their implications
for the future of the resource-rich river.
length of 4,350kms
overlapping regional organizations，Mekong
River Commission (MRC)，Greater Mekong Sub-region
(GMS)，by overcoming domestic resistance
and cooperation with ASEAN，ASEAN, the World
Bank, UNESCAP and UNDP，Mekong‐Japan, Mekong‐Ganga
Cooperation, Lowe Mekong-China, Lower Mekong‐USA,
and ASEAN-Mekong River Basin Development
Cooperation (AMBDC)，integrated river basin
management and basin-wide cooperation，On
26 January 2011 a new strategy was approved
by the MRC in its 17th Council meeting，1995
Mekong agreement
●110221E Thailand, Bangkok Post
Japanese keen on Dawei work
タイで協議中の経団連一行，ミャンマーのダウエイ総合開発に関心 http://bit.ly/dEnqar
Thailand has welcomed interest by Japanese
investors in partnerships with Thai companies
to invest in Burma's $58-billion Dawei development
project. Nippon Keidanren, which represents，Sumitomo,
Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Toray Industries, Mizuho
Financial Group, and All Nippon Airways，deep-sea
port, roads, power plants as well as a steel
and petrochemical complex in Dawei，Hiromasa
Yonekura, the Keidanren chairman
currently opening up for democracy，Italian-Thai
Development (ITD)，first phase valued at
$8 billion，estimated at $58 billion.
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
(JBIC)，bond market in Asean，reach to markets
in south and central Asia as well as the
Middle East，Jingjai Hanchanlash, co-chairman
of the Joint Public-Private Standing Committee's
Greater Mekong Subregion Business Forum，in
addition to Map Ta Phut
●110218A Thailand, Bangkok Post
中国が主導するノンカイとバンコクを結ぶ弾丸列車
Govt seeks 60% of Nong Khai rail venture http://bit.ly/i2fahr
The Thai government will propose it take
a 60% stake in a joint venture with China
on the construction of a 150-billion-baht
standard gauge rail line running 620 kilometres
between Nong Khai and Bangkok. scheduled
to be signed in April，to be 1-2 billion
baht，Supoj Sublom, permanent，secretary
to the Transport Ministry，about 10 billion
baht per year over the five-year，carriages
○110217B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのＤＥＭＣＯ，８５０百万バーツで５ＭＷ２基の太陽光施設を建設へ
IFEC solar projects to lift Demco backlog
to B6bn http://bit.ly/ghVD1G
backlog，The SET-listed contractor Demco
Plc expects its construction backlog to expand
to 6 billion baht this year after signing
an，850-million-baht solar cell construction
deal with IFEC Green Power Plus, an alternative
energy developer.，Inter Far East Engineering
Plc,，two five-megawatt projects，Bo Phloi
in Kanchanaburi，one billion baht，finish
in October to November，11 baht per unit，Provincial
Electricity Authority，Arkom Manakaew, Demco's
deputy managing director for sales and marketin
●110217D Mekong，bangkokpost.com
メコン本流のサヤブリダムでラオス政府が沿岸諸国に通知
Thai greens step up campaign against Laos's
Xayaburi dam http://bit.ly/etAZmZ
Thai environmentalists plan to use every
avenue to stop Laos from going ahead with
the construction of the Xayaburi hydropower
dam on the Mekong River. Thai company Ch
Karnchang，Pakawan Chufahmanee, of the Thai
National Mekong Committee Secretariat，Vientiane
yesterday told Mekong countries，Procedures
for Notification，Prior Consultation and
Agreement (PNPCA) protocol，Mekong subregion
members in 2003，cross-border impact，Chiang
Rai and in Nakhon Phanom provinces，Mekong
River Commission Secretariat to Vientiane，Thai-Water
Partnerships chairman Hanarong Yaowaloes，200km
away from Loei，1,285 megawatts
●110215B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのＢグリム，ＳＰＰに関心，この先１０年で７５０億バーツ準備投資
B. Grimm vies for four more SPP licences http://bit.ly/gVXy93
10-year budget lifted to B75 billion，B.
Grimm, one of Thailand's oldest trading conglomerates,
expects to be awarded four additional small
power producer (SPP) licences on top of five
already granted as it expands its 10-year
investment budget to 75 billion baht.，Preeyanart
Soontornwata, president of Amata B. Grimm
Power Ltd，five new SPP licences in December
last year，four more in the next SPP round，Four
projects were committed，start between 2012
and 2014，approximately 5-5.5 billion baht
for a generating capacity of 120-130 megawatts，Each
project requires a budget of approximately
5-5.5 billion baht for a generating capacity
of 120-130 megawatts
●110209A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイでＪＢＩＣが東南アジア諸国についてプロジェクトの優先順位不明確
JBIC urges clear prioritisation http://bit.ly/dEgpVi
Southeast Asian governments should set clear
priorities for their investment frameworks
in accordance with an ongoing lending assistance
plan by the Japan Bank for International
Cooperation (JBIC), says chief executive
Hiroshi Watanabe. Burma, Thailand, Laos,
Cambodia and Vietnam
Greater Mekong Subregion，Thailand's Fiscal
Policy Research Institute，water management，advanced
urban mass transportation，shrink to US$15-16
billion，environmental technologies，Prasarn
Trairatvorakul, the Bank of Thailand governor，China
adjusting，Takatoshi Ito, an economics professor
at the University of Tokyo
●110210D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの経済フォーラムで，エネルギー資源の立場からタイは非常に弱い立場
Thai firms 'must be wary' Conflicts, energy
prices pose dangers http://bit.ly/eRNzGa
Thai companies should be prepared for escalating
risks globally such as energy price fluctuations,
internal and cross-border conflicts, and
foreign exchange volatility, say business
leaders. Tevin Vongvanich, chief financial
officer of PTT Plc，Thailand and Cambodia，global
monetary imbalances，Thai Management Association
conference，Dusit Nontanakorn, chairman of
the Thai Chamber of Commerce，Asean Economic
Community (AEC)，Prasert Bunsumpun, president
and chief executive of PTT Plc，heavily reliant
on energy imports，energy imports amount
to 10%，domestic consumption of fuel accounts
for 20% of GDP，Kobchai Chirathivat, president
of Central Pattana Plc，China, South Korea
and Japan，Thailand's high dependence on
imports
●110209A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイとマレーシアのガス探査協力で協議，ＰＴＴＥＰとペトロナス
Joint expansion mulled http://bit.ly/gYvtk4
Two national exploration and production firms,
PTT Exploration and Production Plc and Petronas
Carigali, are discussing the possibility
of increasing gas production from their joint
development area. Malaysia-Thailand Joint
Development Area，335 million cubic feet
per day of gas，chief executive officer Anon
Sirisangtaksin，two wells soon，20-billion-baht
budget，Montara Oil Block，Australian government，broke
out in 2009，35,000-40,000 barrels per day，floating
liquefied natural gas platform in Montara，2
million tonnes per year by 2016，273,000
barrels per day this year, up 4% from 265,000
barrels in 2010，US$80 per barrel, up from
$78 last year
○110209 テイクオフ：タクシン元首相派の反独 http://bit.ly/ikfNvT
タクシン元首相派の反独裁民主戦線（ＵＤＤ）に続いて、今度は反タクシン元首相派の民主市民連合（ＰＡＤ）と、その分派組織で対カンボジア強硬派のタイ・パトリオット・グループ（ＴＰＮ）が暴れている。11日には都内の「重要な地点」にデモ行進する計画だ。http://bit.ly/ikfNvT
●110205C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国家石油，沖合モンタラ油田に於ける生産開始の許可を取得
PTTEP gets green light in Australia http://bit.ly/fSK0NM
PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP)
says it will resume operations at its Montara
oilfield off the coast of Australia in the
fourth quarter after receiving approval yesterday
from the Canberra government. Australian
Energy Minister Martin Ferguson，2009 oil
spill in the field in the Timor Sea，18-month
monitoring programme，Anon Sirisaengtaksin,
the president and CEO of PTTEP，first shipments
of crude to Thailand early next year，35,000
to 40,000 barrels per day，production volume
to 273,200 barrels per day from 265,000 last
year
○110203A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイ，４５０億バーツの中国のプロジェクト，チャイナ・シティ・コンプレックス
Osmep studies options for SMEs with China
complex http://bit.ly/gZOdXY
The government is looking for ways to help
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
that could be threatened by the development
of the 45-billion-baht China City Complex
for wholesale trade in the eastern suburbs
of Bangkok.
●110131A Mekong, english.vietnamnet.vn
メコン河委員会事務局ＭＲＣ，メコン河下流域一貫開発ツールを開発
Hydro-power assessment analysis adopted http://bit.ly/ex9mn2
Three multilateral agencies have launched
an innovative assessment tool that helps
identify the most sustainable sites, designs
and operation rules for hydro-power development
in the lower Mekong River Basin. Rapid Basin-wide
Hydropower Sustainable Development Tool (RSAT)，Asian
Development Bank，Mekong River Commission
(MRC)，World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)，Marc
Goichot, senior infrastructure advisor for
the WWF Greater Mekong Programme，Jeremy
Bird, chief executive officer of the MRC
Secretariat，Environmental Impact Assessments
and Management Plans，Hydropower Sustainability
Assessment Forum，100 hydro-power projects
●110130A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのタクシン系資産管理企業ＡＣアセットは，売り上げ１００億バーツを目標
SC Asset looks to next Shinawatra http://bit.ly/esfoAN
The listed developer SC Asset is pursuing
a target of 10 billion baht in sales next
year by making a number of organisational
changes, including bringing the daughter
of founder Thaksin Shinawatra into the company.
●110123C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのシェブロンによるプラトン２期のガス生産は今年末にも
Chevron to expedite Platong Gas II project
in Thailand http://bit.ly/e47vyD
To meet Thailand’s rapidly growing demand
for natural gas, Chevron Corp. hopes to begin
production at the $3.1-billion Platong Gas
II project in the Gulf of Thailand later
this year. by 13% in 2010，Jim Blackwell,
president, Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration
& Production Co，Joe Geagea, managing
director of Chevron Asia South，McDermott
International，more than 10% from its current
2.89 bcfd，Analyst IHS Global Insight，revised
to 2012，gas sales to PTTEP PCL for 2010
were 20% higher than contracted，Chevron
Thailand Exploration Pres. Pairoj Kaweeyanun
of 1.5 bscfd from Chevron，likely rise 12%
to 4.5 bcfd this year, and 3-5% next year，Mitsui
Oil Exploration Co. Ltd. holds 27.4%
●110120G Thailand, Bangkok Post
中国とＡＳＥＡＮはＡＣＦＴＡで合意，２０１５年までの投資額を約５０００億ドル
Asean, China seek new era of teamwork http://bit.ly/fgmt9o
Asean and Chinese business leaders have expressed
confidence in trade and investment prospects
between the two sides and have set a combined
target of 15 trillion baht by 2015. Asean-China
free-trade agreement (ACFTA)，development
of transport links，6 trillion baht for the
first time in 2010，Ning-Ning Su, deputy
secretary-general of the Asean-China Commercial
meeting，1.9 billion people，combined gross
national product of 180 trillion baht，Rongxin
Cao, president of Yunnan Logistics，high-speed
train linking China and Thailand，Varaporn
Choeysa-ard, executive director of Thailand's
Board of Investment，95 billion baht with
120 projects during 2008 to the first half
of last year
●110119A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイ政府は２０１１年から，月９０ＫＷｈ以下の零細需要家の電気料金を無料
Power ploy draws boos http://bit.ly/gmyRYC
Industry worries about regulator's new rate，Business
leaders are bemoaning the government's suggestion
of a higher power rate for the industrial
sector so 8.7 million low-income households
nationwide can enjoy free power bills.，Pracha
Wiwat scheme，less than 90 kilowatts per
hour (unit) of power monthly，8.7 million
of the 19 million total power-using households，around
1.5 billion baht a month，Energy Regulatory
Commission of Thailand (ERC)，Kawin Thangsupanich
secretary-general of ERC，Payungsak Chartsutipol,
chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries
(FTI)，three baht per unit compared to 2.3
baht a unit for smaller power consumers，lectricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)，2.4
baht a unit，The monthly power rate charged
is 2.273 baht a unit for less than 150 units
used, 2.771 baht for 151 to 400 units and
2.978 baht for more than 400 units, excluding
service charge and value-added tax
●110109D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの最大の発電企業ラチャブリは，２０１１年，１７８億バーツを準備
Ratchaburi commits B17.8bn to new capacity http://bit.ly/e2prXB
Thailand's largest private power producer,
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding
Plc (RATCH), is moving ahead with 17.8 billion
baht in investments this year to expand power
capacity. three cogeneration power plants，small
power producer (SPP) programme，16.5 billion
baht，Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)，110
megawatts (MW) each through Ratchaburi World
Cogen Co in Ratchaburi，130 MW in the Navanakorn
In dustrial Estate in Pathum Thani，managing
director Noppol Milinthanggoon，Electricite
du Laos-Generation Plc (EDL Gen)，Ratchaburi
units RATCH-Lao Service Co Ltd and RH International
(Singapore) Corp Pte，EDL-Gen has assets
in seven power plants in Laos with total
capacity of 387 MW，13 small power plants
with total capacity of 588.6 MW，4,300 megawatts,
about 15% of Thailand's total
●110109E Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイ，第２次の小規模火力ＳＰＰ入札，２０００ＭＷで，タイの３大発電企業
Big players win SPP licence bids http://bit.ly/ghJb8q
Second round allows 2,000 MW capacity，Three
large companies were among the winners in
the second round of bidding for licences
to build and operate cogeneration power plants
under the small power producer (SPP) programme
yesterday.，Electricity Generating Plc (EGCO),
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding
Plc (RATCH) and Thai Oil Plc (TOP)，total
capacity of 2,000 megawatts，Office of the
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)，Ratchaburi
won three licences worth 10 billion baht
in total，capacity of 110 megawatts (MW)
each through Ratchaburi World，Cogen Co in
Ratchaburi and one for 130 MW in the Navanakorn
Industrial Estate in Pathum Thani，Egco won
a licence for 90 MW worth 5 billion baht，PTT
Plc, also won two licences for 150 MW each
for Si Racha，SPP cogeneration plants for
another 1,500 MW，Kawin Thangsupanich, the
ERC secretary，shifted from IPPs to SPPs
and renewable-energy very small power producers
(VSPPs)，SPP programme or through renewable
power programmes such as solar power, wind
turbines, biomass and biogas，Second round
allows 2,000 MW capacity
●110107B Thailand, Bangkok Post
ミャンマーでタイ産業界が両国の投資について宣伝
Industry roadshow to Burma this month http://bit.ly/hCwQpC
The Ministry of Industry will lead Thai business
representatives on a roadshow in Burma from
Jan 18-22 to encourage increase investment
between the two countries, Industry Minister
Chaiwut Bannawat said on Thursday. food,
processed rubber and clothing，Burma’s Prime
Minister Gen Teng Seng，deep sea port at
Dawei，Kanchanaburi province，iron smelting
and petrochemical projects，Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva
●110107C Thailand, Bangkok Post
ミャンマーは選挙を終わってタイの投資受け入れ態勢
Burma opening up to more Thai investment http://bit.ly/i79UKb
Heavy emphasis on infrastructure projects，Burma
hopes to lure Thai investment this year,
particularly in infrastructure projects,
after many years of low cooperation with
the exception of PTT, says the Neighbouring
Countries Economic Development Cooperation
Agency (NEDA).，President Acksiri Buranasiri，East-West
economic corridor，Bagan airport，"Emerald
Triangle"，to Pakse in Laos, Cambodia's
Siem Reap and Thailand's Sukhothai，70% of
travellers to Laos transit through Suvarnabhumi
airport，NEDA's contract，interest rate of
1.5% on loans provided the lender agrees
to hire only Thai contractors and use at
least 50% Thai raw materials，30-kilometre
road from Myawaddy to Tanaosri，1-billion-baht
soft loan to Cambodia for the route from
Chong Jom in Surin province to Siem Reap，second
phase of Pakse airport
○ナワナコン工業団地に熱電併給発電所 投資額５０億バーツ http://bit.ly/fGHMTq
タイ，工業団地を開発・運営するナワナコン，バンコク北郊パトゥムタニ県のナワナコン工業団地に出力１３０メガワットの熱電併給発電所を建設，投資額は約５０億バーツで、ＮＮＣＬが３０％、ラチャブリが４０％、タイ国営石油ＰＴＴが３０％出資。２０１２年着工
http://bit.ly/fGHMTq
○タイのＥＧＣＯ、中部に熱電併給発電所建設 http://bit.ly/fXbzjO
タイのＥＧＣＯ，中部に熱電併給発電所を建設する，出力１２０メガワットで、９０メガワットをＥＧＡＴに売電、３０メガワットを産業需要家に供給，投資額５０億バーツ。建設地、日程など詳細は明らかにしていない。ＥＧＣＯはタイ、ラオス、フィリピンで発電事業
http://bit.ly/fXbzjO
●110105A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイ政府は，パクバラ深海港の規模縮小に反論，ミャンマー代替
Officials call on govt to back deep-sea port http://bit.ly/efCiLm
Senior Transport Ministry officials are urging
the government to press ahead with the Pak
Bara deep-sea port in Satun instead of shifting
resources to the development of the planned
port in the Burmese town of Dawei. Inspector-general
Chula Sukmanop，Andaman coast， deep-sea
port at Dawei，Laem Chabang port on the Eastern
Seaboard，planned land bridge connecting
the South China and Andaman seas
●110105B Thailand, Bangkok Post
メコン下流域初めての本流ダム，１２６０ＭＷサヤブリダム
Dams will unleash untold misery http://bit.ly/eUtpTq
Today, much like this mythical Greek tragedy,
the decision-makers of the Mekong sub-region
face a similar temptation in the form of
a cascade of hydropower dams proposed for
the Mekong River's mainstream. Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA) report，Mekong
River Commission (MRC)，Xayaburi dam，11
mainstream dams，hard-to-swallow，at risk
the livelihoods and food security of millions
of people who depend upon the river's resource，be
deferred for 10 years，over 50 more critical
studies，resettle over 2,100 people，200,000
people would suffer a direct impact
23 fish species，Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake，Mekong
Giant Catfish，95% of the Xayaburi dam's
electricity，h Karnchang，major Thai banks
including Kasikorn, Bangkok Bank, Siam Commercial
and Krung Thai
○2020年にもメコン流域鉄道完成へ＝中国のエネルギー安全保障に貢献 http://bit.ly/eDwwCl
「中国が『メコン流域鉄道』建設に参加＝米国の海上利益に挑戦」を掲載した。10年8月拡大メコン地域（GMS）経済協力閣僚級会議で、中国の雲南省昆明市からメコン諸国（タイ、ラオス、ベトナム、カンボジア、ミャンマー）を経由し、マレーシア、シンガポールへhttp://bit.ly/eDwwCl
●101230A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国家石油ＰＴＴ，投資を計画，ラオスの二つの水力
PTT plans Laos power projects http://bit.ly/esNXO7
The energy conglomerate PTT Plc is diversifying
into large-scale power projects, with plans
to acquire stakes in two hydropower plants
in a neighbouring country. Tevin Vongvanich,
the company's chief financial officer，to
own about 25% of each project，Xayaburi and
Xe Nam Noi projects，five-year investment
budget for 2011-15 worth 327 billion baht，floating
liquefied natural gas，almost 229 billion
baht，committed or approved projects，subsidiaries，investment
budget increases to 900 billion baht，debenture，50-megawatt
gas-fired power plant in Rayong's Map Ta
Phut industrial estate，260-MW gas-fired
power plant in Pathum Thani
●101228A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの電力料金，平均料金はＫＷｈ当たり３.１１バーツ，１０.３セント
Jan-Apr electricity prices to drop http://bit.ly/hZCBpF
The Energy Ministry has agreed to reduce
the fuel tariff adjustment charge, also known
as the Ft, by 5.67 satang per unit, bringing
down the cost of electricity from January
to April next year to 3.11 baht a unit.，0.103
cents，Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul，Energy
Regulatory Commission，Ft from 92.55 satang
to 86.58 satang per unit，natural gas prices
to 230 baht per million BTU, from 234.58
baht per million BTU，7.618 dollars，baht's
appreciation from 32 baht to the US dollar
to 30.30 baht a dollar，Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand，Ft subsidy totalled
2.56 billion baht
●101221B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのバンコク銀行で中国投資公司が講演，海外投資変わらず
China still keen to develop links with Asean
and Thailand http://bit.ly/fV2bHK
We can expect China to have an even greater
impact on the economic future of Asean and
Thailand, despite the dragon economy getting
ready to rebalance its economic focus toward
its domestic market. 12th five-year economic
development plan，with Asean countries passed
US$100 billion，China Investment Corporation,
China's sovereign wealth fund，Thailand to
mainland China topped $17.39 billion，Jin
Liqun, chairman of the Supervisory Board
of China Investment Corporation
●101219B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイは中国が推す南北縦断高速鉄道プロジェクトに慎重論
Seminar: High-speed rail deserves slow, deep
thought http://bit.ly/gbczlF
The government needs to have a much clearer
idea of how many people want high-speed trains
and how much they're willing to spend for
a ride before going ahead with costly high-speed
rail systems, say experts. Thai-Chinese agreement
on a 250-billion-baht joint investment in
lines linking Nong Khai in the Northeast
with Bangkok and continuing to the southern
border town of Padang Besar, covering a total
distance of 1,500 kilometres. Chare Rungthanee,
a State Railway of Thailand (SRT) engineer，Pakorn
Vissananusit, vice-chairman of the Federation
of Thai Industries，Transport Minister Sophon
Zarum，current 4,000-km railway system，250
km per hour，Bangkok to Rayong
●101216A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイに対し中国は南下鉄道の早期着工を要請
China urges Thailand to get on track with
Malaysia-Laos link http://bit.ly/gyEXxA
China is pushing Thailand to give its quick
approval for an Asian railway project linking
the Lao border in the northeast with Malaysia
in the south.
Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban in
four years，Nong Khai to Bangkok connecting
with the rail system in Laos，from Bangkok
to Padang Besar in Malaysia，construction
could begin before the end of 2011，480km-long
railway section in Lao450 million baht a
kilometre，190km of tunnels and 90km of bridges，across
the Mekong River，Lao Deputy Prime Minister
Somsavat Lengsavad，high-speed train system
from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Bangkok to Rayong
and Bangkok to Ubon Ratchathani，maximum
of only 30 years
○タイ国王クーデターに笑顔 http://bit.ly/g8FsJb
当時の駐タイ米大使の公電による報告によると、クーデターの翌日、大使はクーデターを主導したソンティ陸軍司令官と面会した。司令官は前日の夜に王宮を訪問した際の国王の様子について「くつろぎ、満足そうで終始笑みを浮かべていた」と話したという。http://bit.ly/g8FsJb
●101209B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのアビシット首相，ラオス，９２０ＭＷナムトウン２水力の完成式
PM Abhisit leaves for Laos http://bit.ly/h6K30R
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Thursday
morning left for Laos to attend the inauguration
of the multi-purpose Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric
project, reports said. Lao President Choumaly
Sayasone，Italian-Thai Development (ITD)
and Electricity Generating Plc (EGCO)，France's
EDF International，Khammouane province，920
Megawatts of electricity
●101208C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのバンプ，今やＡＳＥＡＮ最大の石炭企業に成長
Banpu planning production boom http://bit.ly/ekp25G
Australian, Indonesian output to lead growth，Banpu
Plc, Asean's largest coal miner, wants to
nearly double its coal output to 46 million
tonnes next year, thanks to the acquisition
of Sydney-based Centennial Coal and a higher
contribution from Indonesian mines.，in Indonesia
will increase from 22 to 26 million tonnes，two
mines in China will contribute 5.5 million
tonnesSomrudee Chaimongkol, Banpu's chief
financial officer，Centennial，14.5 million
tonnes in 2011，Banpu chief executive Chanin
Vongkusolkit，broke $110 per tonne already
●101205B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国家石油ＰＴＴ幹部，貿易黒字１,７００億ドル，将来の燃料危機に備え
Convert reserve dollars to barrels, suggests
PTT http://bit.ly/fgF1n5
Oil purchases needed for energy security，PTT
Plc, Thailand's largest oil and gas conglomerate,
yesterday urged the government to use some
of the country's large international reserves
to buy foreign oil in order to bolster Thailand's
energy security.，Tevin Vongvanich, PTT's
chief financial officer，21% of this year's
natural gas consumption of 3.97 billion cubic
feet per day is imported，only 79% produced
domestically，for 2030
total consumption of 5.54 billion cfpd，Indonesia
and Australia，Brunei and Madagascar，Convert
reserve dollars to barrels, suggests PTT，focus
more on coal energy，Kanit Sangsubhan, director
of the Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Research
Institute Foundation，US$168 billion down
from $170 billion as of Nov 19，However,
Chanchai Boonritchaisri, senior director
of the central bank's Legal and Litigation
Department，except gold
●101202A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの原子力開発，ＦＳ報告書は来年早々，１４候補地点
Nuclear study almost ready http://bit.ly/eiWuRP
The Energy Ministry is preparing to submit
its nuclear power feasibility study to the
government early next year, according to
the Nuclear Power Programme Development Office
(NPPDO).，power development plan (PDP) for
2010-30，five nuclear power plants，1,000
megawatts each，operation between 2020 and
2030，Burns and Roe Asia Co，since October
2008，Chavalit Pichalai, the NPPDO deputy
director，International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)，House of Representatives and the
Senate，Environment and Natural Resources
Ministry，to recruit 200 personnel a year，Chai
Nat, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Chon Buri and Chumpon，in
1966 and IAEA had approved，Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand，bids in 1976.
●101201A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのＥＧＡＴは５年間の投資７００億バーツに加え，３００億バーツを加算
Egat adds B30bn to five-year investment budget http://bit.ly/edz8WC
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
(Egat) has added 30 billion baht to its five-year
investment plan for a total of 70 billion.，critical
level of 10% by 2014，Sutat Patmasiriwat,
Egat's governor，800-megawatt gas-fired unit
at the North Bangkok power plant 20 billion
baht ，its power transmission network 10
billion，second unit at the Chana plant in
Songkhla，fourth unit at the Wang Noi plant
in Ayutthaya，740 MW 40 billion baht，from
small power producer (SPPs) by another 1,500
MW above the original target of 2,000 MW，More
than 4,000 MW from SPP projects，SPP bidding
earlier this year，National Energy Policy
Committee，10% year-on-year，against Egat's
original estimate of 4.5%，gas-based power
plants，hydroelectric power plants in Laos，power
plant in Dawei, Burm，Italian-Thai Development
(ITD)，for a US$58 billion project on Burma，Energy
Ministry of the 1,800-MW first phase project
for the coal-fired plant in Dawei.
●101126A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイ国家石油，豪沖のモンタラ油田での事故で，生産継続に自信
PTTEP stung in report Remains confident it
can restart drilling http://bit.ly/id6w0v
PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP)
remains confident its operating permits will
not be revoked, despite the Montara commission
inquiry report finding its Australian subsidiary
had not used sensible oilfield practices
at the Montara oilfield.，August 2009，74
days before it was stopped，cancellation
of its exploration and development licence，Anon
Sirisaengtaksin, president and CEO of PTTEP，$2.3-billion
deal to buy into a Canadian oil sands，$2.4
billion in compensation over the spill，$319
million in expenses for the Montara cleanup
，to resume oil production in the second
half of next year at 35,000 barrels per day
●101126B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのＰＴＴは２０１５年までに海外との合弁で３００万トンのＬＮＧ生産を計画
PTT looks to Australia for LNG independence http://bit.ly/f92nn5
TAIPEI / PTT Plc plans to generate 3 million
tonnes of liquid natural gas (LNG) through
an overseas joint investment project by 2015
to reduce import reliance.，Toemchai Bunnag,
executive vice-president for strategic planning，two
floating production units in Australia (Cash
Maple)，new unit PTT FLNG Limited，US$4 billion，start
operations in 2015，2 million tonnes per
year，LNG receiving terminal in Map Ta Phut，to
import about 1.5 million tonnes of LNG，5
million (700 million cubic feet) to 10 million
tonnes in the future，about 10% of Thailand's
total natural gas consumption in the next
five years.，4 billion cubic feet of natural
gas per day，1 billion is imported from Burma，Indonesia's
coal bed methane (CBM) project for LNG production，200
years while conventional resources only last
about 60 years
●101125C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの重工業が基地をミャンマーのダウエイに求めて動く
Big shift to Dawei predicted http://bit.ly/aIQT8q
Thai heavy industry is likely to shift to
industrial estates in Burma's western coastal
city of Dawei instead of setting up facilities
in southern Thailand or Map Ta Phut, warns
the government's economic think-tank.，to
link Dawei to the Eastern Seaboard in Chon
Buri，Dawei (Tavoy)，Italian Thai Development
Plc，US$8 billion $58 billion or more，PTT
Plc, Siam Cement Group and the upstream complex
of a Japanese steel company，Arkhom Termpitthayapaisith,
secretary-general of the National Economic
and Social Development Board，Map Ta Phut
in Rayong，landbridge spanning Songkhla and
Nakhon Si Thammarat，new road link from Dawei
via Ban Phunamron in Kanchanaburi to the
Eastern Seaboard and Cambodia，Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva，Chinese government for
the Dawei project，Thailand's Amata Corp，ail
link from southern China to Dawei
●101125E Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国家石油が２３億ドルを投じてカナダのオイルサンドに足場確保
PTT gains foothold in Canada http://bit.ly/h4CwKG
$2.28bn deal biggest by Thai firm to date，PTT
Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) has
gained a foothold in the lucrative Canadian
oil sands sector by paying US$2.28 billion
for a 40% stake in the Kai Kos Dehseh (KKD)
project operated by the Norwegian oil and
gas company Statoil ASA.
US$1.7 billion paid earlier this year by
Banpu Plc to buy Centennial Coal Co of Australia.，Anon
Sirisaengtaksin, PTTEP's chief executive
officer
western Canadian province of Alberta，Statoil，North
and South America and Africa，Kai Kos Dehseh，4.3
billion barrels of recoverable bitumen resources，PTTEP's
oil reserves to 40 years from 10 year，$800
million worth of bonds，five-year, $500-million
syndicated loan，40 projects in 14 countries，offshore
Peregrino Field in Brazil，daily output of
10,000 barrels
●101122C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのバンプーはラチャブリの資本を手放してより石炭ビジネスに純化
Banpu sells off Ratchaburi stake http://bit.ly/aJHMfy
B6.7bn raised to focus more on coal business，SET-listed
Banpu Plc has divested its entire ownership
in Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding
Plc for US$223 million (6.68 billion baht)
as Asean's largest coal miner sharpens its
focus on its core business.，existing common
shares or 13.96% of Ratchaburi，Somrudee
Chaimongkol, Banpu's chief financial officer，Sydney-based
Centennial Coal，$2 billion for the takeover
of the Australian miner，$3.7-billion Hongsa
lignite thermal coal power project in Laos，1,800-megawatt
power plant，40% each and the Laotian government
20%, is scheduled to be operational in 2015，three
power plants in China，existing power business
is BLCP
●101117A Myanmar, hydroworld.com
中国，タイ，ミャンマーはサルウイー本流で７０００ＭＷ水力
China, Myanmar, Thailand to study 7,000-MW
hydro project http://bit.ly/aYrzKr
China, Myanmar and Thailand have agreed to
study a 7,000-MW Myanmar hydropower project
that would be Southeast Asia's largest by
generation capacity, the Chinese government
and wire services reported.，$10 billion
project，Salween River，China Three Gorges
Corp.,，Sinohydro Corp. and China Southern
Power Grid Co.，Electricity Generating Authority
of Thailand，International Group of Entrepreneur
Co. in Myanmar，300 million kW by 2015，gross
domestic product (GDP) by 40 to 45 percent
by 2020，Brahmaputra River in Tibet，510-MW
hydropower project
●101112D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国家石油ＰＴＴが石炭を求めて豪企業への資本参入
PTT acquiring Australian coal miner Straits
Resources http://bit.ly/brr2Xb
PTT Plc, Thailand's energy flagship, is taking
steps to expand into coal mining by acquiring
the coal assets of Australian-listed Straits
Resources Ltd (SRL) for 16.2 billion baht,
says Tevin Vongvanich, PTT's chief financial
officer.，PTT Mining Ltd (PTTML)，high-quality
coal assets，demerges，A$50 million in cash
and a 40% interest in PTT Asia Pacific Mining
Pty (PTTAPM)，Straits Asia Resources Ltd，Far
East Energy Corporation Pty Ltd
●101107F Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの国家石油ＰＴＴは７０％のガスへの依存で更に生産増が必要
PTT calls for more gas output http://bit.ly/awdyiZ
PTT Plc, the country's sole natural gas supplier,
is calling on natural gas producers to step
up their output to cope with higher demand
amid a robust economic recovery.，y 15% next
year from 4,100 million cubic feet par day
(mmscfd) at present，Anon Sirisaengtaksin,
CEO of PTT，Exploration and Production Plc，PTTEP
produces about 33%，flat in 2009 at about
3,500 mmscfd and is expected to grow by 14%
this year and about 10% in 2011，72% of all
fuels，coal at 20%，320-mmscfd gas from PTTEP's
South Bongkot field in the Gulf of Thailand，Malaysia-Thailand
Joint Development Area (JDA) to 335 mmscfd
from 300，We pray every morning and evening，floating
liquefied natural gas (FLNG)，oil sands in
Canada，very deep water petroleum resources
and heavy oil in South America and Africa，FLNG
at its Montara field in Australia
●101102A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの原子力開発はベトナムを見て今後どう動くのか
Decision on nuclear nears http://bit.ly/bcU3Y0
It is troubling and encouraging that Vietnam
has signed a contract with Russia for the
country's first nuclear power plants. It
is troubling that nuclear power is coming
to the region without any agreement among
the neighbours.，US$5.6 billion，timorous，Prime
Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva，Nimby，coal-fired
plants，Laos and Burma，more than 20 per
cent，5,608 megawatts，Rosatom，Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)，two
reactors by 2020，three possible locations，our
neighbours are quickly moving ahead
○101028C Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの東北部から中部にかけて，厳しい洪水被害に曝されつつある
Run-off from flood-stricken Northeast heads
for Mekong http://bit.ly/ap3H0y
Run-off from heavily flooded northeastern
provinces is heading towards the Mekong River
which borders Ubon Ratchathani, causing havoc
along the way.，Maha Sarakham and Surin along
the Chi and Mun rivers，Khong Chiam district
of Ubon Ratchathani，Ubolratana Dam in Khon
Kaen，Chaiyaphum，24,000 rai of farmland，river
banks was 1.2 metres yesterday，Tha Tum,
Chumphon Buri and Rattanaburi，2,400 people
living in Muang and Warin Chamrap districts，Royal
Irrigation Department，Uthai Thani's Muang
district
○101027A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの高速鉄道全国ネット，中国との間で政府間協定，バンコク，ノンカイ
High-speed train project moves ahead http://bit.ly/dfBz84
A joint parliamentary session has approved
a draft framework for negotiations with China
on a national high-speed train network project
for Thailand.，Transport Minister Sohpon
Zarum，linking Bangkok to Nong Khai, Chiang
Mai, Ubon Ratchathani, Rayong and Padang
Besar，up to 250km/h，government-to-government
deal，to build a railway to Laos
○タイ洪水、死者５６人に バンコクでは緊急対策 http://bit.ly/9m6zU7
タイ政府当局は２６日、今月中旬からの豪雨による洪水で死者が５６人に上ったことを明らかにした。洪水被害は東北部から中部まで３４県に広がり、家屋の浸水などで約２５０万人が影響を受けた。また保健省によると、衛生状態の悪化などから、１４万人以上http://bit.ly/9m6zU7
○101026A Mekong, businessspectator.com.au
ラオス政府が推進するメコン本流サヤブリダムで１０年据え置き
Dam busting on the Mekong http://bit.ly/a3wMr6
A thorough environmental assessment has called
into question plans for the construction
of dams on the Mekong River, plans which
are backed by the Lao and Cambodian governments.，Mekong
River Commission (MRC)，Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA) of planned hydropower dams
on the Mekong mainstream，ICEM Australia
(International Centre for Environmental Management)，China's
eight existing or planned damn
one water diversion project，Xayaburi，draft
Basin Development Plan, released in July
2010，be deferred for a period of ten years，improving
full dam hydropower technologies，order of
107,000，Basin Development Plan，Mekong River
Agreement
○Smart grid in Asia
知的送電網、アジアで大規模実験 ＮＥＤＯ http://s.nikkei.com/cg53p7
新エネ産業技術総合開発機構（ＮＥＤＯ）は2011年度から、アジアなどでスマートグリッド（知的送電網）などの大規模実証実験を始める。東芝や日立製作所、三菱電機などの参加を見込む。年内にもマレーシアやタイ、ベトナムに関係企業を派遣する。http://s.nikkei.com/cg53p7
○101020C Thailand, bangkokpost.com
ラオス，メコン本流のサヤブリダムは，下流のトンレサップまで影響
Dam a threat to river fishing http://bit.ly/bzDdfo
Cambodian relations at risk, Kraisak says，The
construction of the controversial Xayaboury
dam on the Mekong River could hurt recently
improving relations between Thailand and
Cambodia as it would damage the latter's
fisheries, Democrat deputy leader Kraisak
Choonhavan says.
1,260-megawatt dam，150km downstream of Luang
Prabang，Thai firm CH Karnchang，Tonle Sap，Terra,
a Bangkok-based environmental group，2,000
people，200,000 others，Environmentalist
Montri Chantawong of the Project for Ecological
Recover，Loei's Chiang Khan district
○101017A Mekong, google.com
メコン河委員会が報告書で本流ダム建設を１０年間棚上げ提案
Mekong countries should delay dam projects
for decade: study http://bit.ly/c9Ums0
Countries in the lower Mekong River region
should delay any decisions about building
hydropower dams for 10 years, an influential
new study said Friday, warning of the many
risks involved.，Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA)，Mekong River Commission
(MRC)，possible construction of 11 hydropower
projects，Tiffany Hacker, an interim communication
advisor for the MRC，biological diversity
and ecological integrity，negative impact
on fisheries，60 million people，for at least
six months，Mekong giant catfish
○ＡＳＥＡＮインフラ計画案が判明 道路、鉄道網を一体整備 http://bit.ly/9p7Egn
○101012A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのアビシット首相のネピドウ日帰り訪問，国境貿易ルートの再開
Deal struck on deep-sea port http://bit.ly/cMYo65
Thailand and Burma have agreed to jointly
develop a deep-sea port at Dawei on Burma's
Andaman Sea coast as a new economic zone,
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says.，The
agreement was reached in talks yesterday
between Mr Abhisit and his Burmese counterpart,
Thein Sein, in Naypyidaw during Mr Abhisit's
one-day visit.，Singkhon checkpoint in Prachuap
Khiri Khan's Muang district，State Peace
and Development Council chairman Than Shwe，in
December 2008，route linking Kanchanaburi
with Dawei，Tavoy，150,000 Burmese workers，800,000
labourers from Burma，Acting government spokesman
Panitan Wattanayagorn ，Burma's elections
on Nov 7，Aung San Suu Kyi
○101012C Asia, ibnlive.in.com
アジアの２１世紀の成長は石油でなくヒマラヤに発する水が支配
Asia's water scarcity poses economic, political
test http://bit.ly/cdSIXM
Framed by banana and eucalyptus trees, the
caramel-coloured Mekong river rolls through
this lush corner of Yunnan province in southwestern
China with an unerring rhythm that is reassuring
in its seeming timelessness. ，narrowest
in 50 years，Guanlei，JINGHONG，Thailand,
Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam，Thai Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva，hoarding water，Asian
Development Bank，Arjun Thapan, the ADB's
special senior adviser，Yoichi Funabashi,
a prominent foreign-affairs commentator and
editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun
○101011A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのアビシット首相は今日，首都ネピドウを日帰りで訪ねる
Traders pin hopes on PM's Burma talks http://bit.ly/9joNZI
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva carries
the hopes of traders for an end to the deadlock
to the border closure with Burma when he
meets that country's senior leaders today.，premiership
in December 2008，Mae Sot-Myawaddy checkpoint，Burmese
Prime Minister Thein Sein，State Peace and
Development Council、Than Shwe、Tak Chamber
of Commerce chairman Banpote Korkiatcharoen、Naypyidaw、Mae
Sot district、Industry Minister Charnchai
Chairungruang，to build an embankment along
the Thai bank of the Moei River，60% of the
total trade，worth 25 billion baht last year，deep-sea
port in Dawei, formerly Tavoy
○101008A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのコサムイの原油ガス探査は地元反対で開始の目処立たず
Drilling off Koh Samui faces delay http://bit.ly/9V13YC
NuCoastal (Thailand) Co will likely postpone
for a year the planned start of drilling
for natural gas off Koh Samui, which residents
and the tourism industry have strongly opposed,
say Energy Ministry officials.，Science and
Technology Ministry，Kurujit Nakornthap,
director-general of the Mineral Fuels Department，by
Dec 18，Gulf of Mexico，London-based affiliate
of Houston, Texas-based Coastal Energy，42
kilometres off，Gulf of Thailand，G5/43 or
Bua Luang near Songkhla，11,700 barrels per
day of crude oil，250,000 bpd compared with
230,000 in the same period，10,000 bpd from
London based-Salamander Energy Co，11,700
bpd from NuCoastal (Thailand)，1,000 bpd
from Mitsui Oil Exploration in Sukhothai，petroleum
E&P licences，Siri Jirapongphan, executive
director of the Petroleum Institute of Thailand，Energy
Minister Wannarat Channukul，only for the
next 11-12 years，imports of liquefied natural
gas
○101002C Laos, bangkokpost.com
ラオスのナムトウン２水力でイタリアンタイが資本売却
ITD sells Nam Theun stake http://bit.ly/bE5YFZ
The SET-listed contractor Italian-Thai Development
Plc is selling half of its 20% shareholding
in the Nam Theun 2 hydropower plant in Laos
to Egco Group Plc and the rest to Electricite
de France. The deal would increase Egco's
holding in the plant to 35% from 25% and
EDF's stake to 40% from 30%, with the Laotian
government holding the remaining 25%.
○100928B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの研究基金総裁が火力の立地困難で再生可能と原子力
More renewables a must, says research fund
chief http://bit.ly/9pH00C
The country must make a greater effort to
develop renewable energy, says Prida Wibulswas,
chairman of the Thailand Research Fund (TRF).
He said coal- and gas-fired power plants
were becoming much harder to develop due
to growing opposition from communities and
environmental activists, so the only option
is to proceed with renewable energy to ensure
power security.
○100829A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの活動家がセミナーで気炎，自分たちの庭には発電所は造らせない
Activists press for power plant ban http://bit.ly/cApWKn
One hundred environmental activists from
Nakhon Si Thammarat and Prachuap Khiri Khan
yesterday demanded a formal written declaration
from the government not to build power plants
in their provinces.，Hin Krut and Bo Nok
power projects，Kornuma Pongnoi，all plans
for nuclear and coal-fired power plant development，2010
PDP (power development plan)，Srinakharinwirot
University，Energy Ministry，Energy Planning
and Policy Office (Eppo)，Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand (Egat)，PTT Plc，huge
amounts of imported LPG，Samerjai Suksumek,
the director of Eppo's power policy bureau
○100826A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイは石炭火力困難で来月にも２０００ＭＷＳＰＰを入札へ
New SPP bidding round for 2,000 MW due soon http://bit.ly/aLkkXE
The Energy Ministry expects to open a new
round of small power producer (SPP) licence
bids for combined output of 2,000 megawatts
within one to two months, says Viraphol Jirapraditkul,
director-general of the Energy Policy and
Planning Office (Eppo).，between 2015 and
2021，Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC)，National
Power Supply and Siam Energy Co，Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat)，11
coal-fired power plants，8,400 MW by 2030，1,600
MW in hydropower projects in Thailand，Team
Consulting Engineering，Laos, Burma and Cambodia，Hutgyi
project (600 MW) and Tasang (900 MW) in Burma.，21
projects，of 5,859 MW，600-MW Taninthargyi
dam，Italian-Thai Development Plc
○100825E Thailand, Bangkok Post
Egco outlines investment plan of B21bn http://bit.ly/9US3mh
Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), the country's
second-largest private power producer, is
considering investments worth 21 billion
baht in total to build a new 800-megawatt
power unit and three new small power producer
(SPP) projects.，President Vinit Tangnoi
，2 billion baht each，about 120 megawatts，combined
output of 2,000 MW，6 billion baht，between
2015 and 2021，operational by 2015，the Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) ，power
purchase agreement (PPA)，Egco's Khanom Electricity
Generating (Kegco)，1.5-billion-baht 800-megawatt
plant at the existing site of Kegco，a coal-fired
power plant in the Philippines ，25% of the
project in Laos
○召還のタイ大使帰任 カンボジアに http://bit.ly/9xKJNe
○100824A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイ政府は来週にも中国政府が提案する高速鉄道プロジェクトについて協議
Rail project with China considered http://bit.ly/dvnP9U
The cabinet will hear a proposal next week
to establish a joint venture between the
Thai and Chinese governments to develop a
new standard-gauge rail line from Nong Khai
in the Northeast to the southern border with
Malaysia，Korbsak Sabhavasu, the secretary-general
to the prime minister，a high-speed rail
line from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Rayong
province on the Eastern Seaboard via Pattaya
and Laem Chabang ，standard-gauge link from
Kunming, southern China that would travel
through Vietnam and Laos before reaching
Nong Khai，eventually Singapore.，
carry a price tag of 300 billion baht.，Suvarnabhumi
Airport and Rayong projected to cost 30 billion
baht.
○岡田外相、タイ首相と会談 村本さん死亡の究明要請 http://bit.ly/d9CsUj
○第2四半期タイＧＤＰは予想上回る伸び http://bit.ly/cCLzjH
○100813D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのＣＤＭプロジェクトは伸びてきており，世界の国の１０指に
Thailand moves into top 10 in CDM http://bit.ly/chIjPr
Thailand has become one of the world's top
10 players in Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) projects with 37 being registered with
the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC).，Thailand Greenhouse
Gas Management Association (TGO)，111 CDM
projects
6.95 million tonnes a year，37 projects，by
2 million tonnes per year were endorsed ，Kyoto
Protocol by 2012，dominated by biogas projects，More
than 200 projects have submitted letters，the
Capital Market Development Plan.
○100730A Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのエネルギーは今後ますますミャンマーに依存する
More reliance on Burma http://bit.ly/bcwRSP
Thailand expects to buy more gas and electricity
from Burma in order to secure supplies as
domestic resources become depleted, says
Energy Minister Wannarat Channukul.，PTT
Plc，Yadana and Yetagun offshore gas fields
have an output of 400 and 565 million cubic
feet per day (mmscfd) respectively.，new
Sawtika Block or M9，Myanmar Oil and Gas
Enterprise (MOGE)，capital city Naypyidaw，gas
from M9 at a rate of 240 mmscfd，PTT Exploration
and Production Plc，new petroleum blocks
such as M3, M4, M7 and M11，last only another
23 years，Pornchai Rujiprapha, the permanent
secretary of the Energy Ministry，1,200-megawatt
Hat Gyi Dam and the 7,000-MW Tasang Dam，Sinohydro，projected
rise in Thai demand to 4,821 mmscfd in 2014
and 5,542 mmscfd in 2020 from 3,900 at present，nuclear-
and coal-fired power plants
○100728A Mekong, thisdishisvegetarian.com
メコン河下流域，本流沿い，タイ企業によるサヤブリ・水力ダム，１,２６０ＭＷ
WWF report shows giant fish to be threatened
by Mekong River dams http://bit.ly/bEdFwt
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released a
report titled River of Giants: Giant Fish
of the Mekong which profiles four massive
fish living in the Mekong? the 7th longest
river in Asia?that are threatened with extinction
if hydropower dams planned for the river
receive a green light.，hydropower dam planned
for Sayabouly Province，an incredible 1,322
pounds，Mekong River Commission，Dekila Chungyalpa,
Director of WWF’s Greater Mekong Program，sediment
flowing downstream
○100702C Mekong, nationmultimedia.com
メコン下流本流ダム開発でメコン河委員会が中間報告
Mekong dam projects will cost more in damages,
says MRC report http://bit.ly/9jFOwB
A recent report from the Mekong River Commission
revealed that 12 dams in Lower Mekong River
would cause serious problems for the two
million people living downstream in Laos,
Thailand and Cambodia，MRC SEA for Hydropower
on mekong Mainstream, Impact Assessment and
Discussion Draft，Pak Beng, Luang Prabang,
Saiyaburi, Pak Lay, Latsua, Don Sahong and
Thakho，Sanakham, Pak Chom and Ban Koum
Stung Treng and Sambor，Senator Prasarn Marukpitak，Ban
Koum Dam during the Samak Sundaravej government
○ＥＧＣＯ、三菱商事と共に太陽光発電所を建設 http://bit.ly/cBk4ur
○シャープ、タイの世界最大規模太陽光発電所建設を受注 http://bit.ly/963QCs
○東南アがＬＮＧ囲い込み 電力需要増え輸入基地、日本に影響も http://bit.ly/bEZef2
○100627G Thailand mcot.net
タイの貯水池群は渇水のため３０％レベル，３毛作不可能
Severe drought continues hitting Thailand,
reduces growing season http://bit.ly/9SIvis
Water levels at major dams in Thailand have
declined sharply, especially in the northeastern
region, due to an ongoing drought.
only twice a year, rather than triple-cropping，Electricity
Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)，EGAT
Dam Director Kitti Tancharoen
32 per cent of total storage capacity, 62
per cent in the central region, 34 per cent
in the Northeast and 62 per cent in the South，Bhumibol
Dam in Tak province and Sirikit Dam in Uttaradit，average
of 3.5 million litres for each area ，Ubol
Ratana Dam, about 50 km northwest of Khon
Kaen
○100606A Thailand, istockanalyst.com
タイのＥＧＡＴが電源遅れで２０１１年の供給力不足を懸念している
Egat needs to upgrade old plants to avert
shortage http://bit.ly/b4X5Iu
(key) Electricity Generating Authority of
Thailand (Egat)，IPP (independent power producer)
plants，shortage of power by 2011-12，Egat，governor
Sutat Patmasiriwat，total capacity of 2,000
megawatts，gas-fired South Bangkok plant
and its coal-fired Mae Mo site in Lampang，around
2 billion baht，two gas-fired power plants,
Wang Noi and Chana，schedule of 2014，water
levels in major dams at critical low points，Royal
Irrigation Department，Kitti Tanchareon,
an Egat assistant governor，only 32% of capacity
at the Bhumipol Dam，only 36% in the Sirikit
Dam
Ubolratana Dam are only 25%
○夜間外出禁止令を延長 タイ、暴動鎮圧に全力 http://bit.ly/aerXAR
○100521D Mekong, vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn
メコン河委員会のワークショップが本流ダム開発を討議
Mekong River workshop in Laos examines dam
risks http://bit.ly/an4l2k
(KEY) two-day workshop was held by the Mekong
River Commission (MRC) in Vientiane，hydropower
development，strategic environmental assessment
(SEA)，mainstream hydropower schemes on the
lower mainstream river，assessment phase
of the SEA ，themes of hydrology and sediment;
aquatic systems and agriculture; fisheries;
social systems; economics and livelihoods,
climate change; and energy and power development
impact assessment phase of the SEA，Mekong
governments decisions，Jeremy Bird, CEO of
the MRC Secretariat，intensive agriculture,，large-scale
construction projects and hydroelectric dams，60
million people
○100418B Mekong, globalpost.com
メコン河流域国の首脳会議でベトナムが中国の水位低下への責任
China's role in Mekong River maintenance http://bit.ly/aRqpZo
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Song Tao
told participants in the Mekong River Council
Summit in Hua Hin, Thailand on April 5 that
China is willing to promote cooperation with
downstream countries in mitigating droughts
and floods, sharing hydrographic technology
and information, exchange and training of
hydrographic experts, etc. This spring the
water level in Southeast Asia’s longest
river, the Mekong, has dropped to its
○100416B Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのバンコクの北，アユタヤ付近で，３本の電力の鉄塔の基礎が爆破
Third pylon bombed, but blackout averted http://bit.ly/a8TL0B
AYUTTHAYA : Bomb attacks at three high voltage
electricity pylons in Ayuthaya's Bang Pa-in
district have been intended to plunge parts
of Bangkok into darkness, officials say.
Ayutthaya's governor described the bomb attacks
as acts of terrorism. A third high-powered
electricity pylon was found damaged yesterday
by a powerful C4 bomb one kilometre from
two other pylons which were found damaged
in a similar manner on
○100413B Mekong, english.vietnamnet.vn
メコン河問題で中国代表が資料の提供や加盟問題を提議
The Mekong and China: Dams and trust http://bit.ly/aCaovd
China’s says it wants to promote cooperation
with downstream countries on the Mekong,
but China needs to do more than talk, reports
VietNamNet. Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister
Song Tao told participants in the Mekong
River Council Summit in Hua Hin, Thailand
on April 5 that China is willing to promote
cooperation with downstream countries in
mitigating droughts and floods, sharing hydrographic
technology and
○100413C Mekong, probeinternational.org
メコン河の上流ダムの影響は最下流のメコンデルタに及ぶ
Dams portend grim future for Mekong Delta:
experts http://bit.ly/bi347f
Upstream and lower dams could render the
Mekong Delta unviable, and China’s intransigence
in building them and refusing to share information
about their operations will negatively impact
the lives of more than 60 million people.
“China has plans to construct up to eight
dams in total, some sources say the number
could rise to fourteen. It is clear already
that Chinese dam construction is having a
negative impact on
○100406C Mekong, phnompenhpost.com
メコン総会，フンセンとアビシット握手，水位低下は中国とは関係ない
Summit sets Mekong agenda http://bit.ly/cVKfmi
(key) Mekong River Commission, Samdech Hun
Sen，Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
，Mekong River Commission (MRC) summit，climate change，drought response，dam
management，Jeremy Bird, CEO of the MRC，hydropower
schemes，hydro-meteorological data，Jinghong
power station，Lim Kean Hor, Cambodia’s
Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology，Environmental
groups，Manwan, Dachaoshan, Jinghong, and Xiaowan，Carl Middleton, Mekong programme coordinator
for the International Rivers organisation，
○100407A Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイの電力ピークは２３,５３０ＭＷに達しブミポン水力は最大発電
Bhumibol power use surges http://bit.ly/9JmetP
The Bhumibol hydropower plant has seen its
highest power consumption on Monday since
it was opened 46 years ago, its director
says. Boon-in Chuenchavalit yesterday said
power usage peaked at 2.30pm at 23,529.7
megawatts. He attributed the massive power
consumption to high
(Key) Bhumibol hydropower plant，Boon-in
Chuenchavalit，2.30pm at 23,529.7 megawatts，Muang
and Sam Ngao districts，Nan, Yom and Phichit
○100405A Mekong, businessweek.com
メコン河委員会総会で水位低下に中国のダムの影響に疑念続く
Mekong Nations Meet as Drought Boosts Scrutiny
of China’s Dams http://bit.ly/aEsJZY
Leaders of six nations along Asia’s Mekong
River meet today to bolster cooperation as
a severe drought heightens concerns that
dams in China have distorted water flows,
depleting the world’s largest inland fishery.
The dry weather has reduced Mekong water
levels to their lowest in three decades,
affecting more than 60 million people in
the lower basin, an area larger than the
U.S. state of Texas. China agreed on March
25 to share
○100406B China, bangkokpost.com
中国がメコン河委員会への加盟を希望する意思を表明
China shows interest in taking MRC membership http://bit.ly/9CtN7Q
There is new hope China will join the Mekong
River Commission after Beijing demonstrated
its strong commitment to cooperate with other
countries sharing the Mekong. Leaders of
member countries Cambodia, Laos, Thailand
and Vietnam were satisfied with China's pledge,
given during an MRC summit held yesterday
in Hua Hin, that it would play more of a
role in the sustainable development of the
river.
○100405D Cambodia, phnompenhpost.com
カンボジアのフンセン首相がタイのメコン会議に出席へ
Hun Sen attends Mekong summit http://bit.ly/9yhuIq
PRIME Minister Hun Sen arrived in Thailand
on Sunday to attend a two-day summit of the
Mekong River Commission (MRC), convened amid
regional concerns about drought and low river
levels, on a trip that marked the premier’s
first visit to the neighbouring country since
Thai-Cambodian relations began to deteriorate
last year. The first day of the two-day summit
consisted primarily of bilateral meetings,
○メコン川：干上がる 「上流にダム」中国批判高まる http://bit.ly/9vIcYH
○100402B Mekong, nytimes.com
タイのフアヒンのメコン河委員会総会で５０年来の渇水議論
Countries Blame China, Not Nature, for Water
Shortage http://nyti.ms/bkbxIu
In southern China, the worst drought in at
least 50 years has dried up farmers’ fields
and left tens of millions of people short
of water. But the drought has also created
a major public relations problem for the
Chinese government in neighboring countries,
where in recent years China has
○100401A Mekong, radioaustralianews.net.au
タイのフアヒンでメコン河委員会総会が開催され沿岸諸国の代表が参集
Leaders to discuss Mekong River's future http://bit.ly/bHH7N8
Thailand is extending its Internal Security
Act, ahead of this week's meeting of leaders
from Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
for the first four-day Mekong River Commission
summit. The 4,000 kilometre Mekong River,
which runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand,
Cambodia and
○100331B Mekong, bangkokpost.com
メコン河の最近の極端な水位低下に悩むタイ北部の住民
For whom the mighty Mekong flows http://bit.ly/cpdCJg
Since the end of last year, Jeerasak Intayos,
a 38-year-old villager from Chiang Khong
district of Chiang Rai, has seen the Mekong
River's level drop dramatically. Mr Jeerasak
works with the Chiang Khong Conservation
Group that has monitored the Mekong and its
development for over
○100324D Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイのＥＲＣはガス火力をモデルに電源立地特別税を徴収へ
Khanom fund a development model http://bit.ly/auXwmZ
A fund for the community living around the
Khanom gas-fired power plant will be a prototype
for others in the future, says Chalit Ruengvisesh,
a member of the Energy Regulatory Commission
(ERC). The Energy Ministry is promoting development
funds as one of the tools for encouraging
○100314A Asia, earthtimes.org
特集，東アジア，東南アジアの渇水は厳しく１０数年ぶり
East, South-East Asia left high and dry this
hot season - Feature http://bit.ly/arvbi0
Great swaths of South-East and East Asia
are suffering from their worst dry-season
drought in decades, and the monsoon is still
months away. Worse still, the seasonal rains
might be postponed by the El Nino phenomenon,
experts said. El Nino, a warming of Pacific
Ocean waters that results in changing weather
patterns, cannot be blamed for the current
drought, but it might affect the coming monsoon
season, which starts
○100315A Laos, nationmultimedia.com
ラオスのタイ大使が２０１５年までに５,０００ＭＷ買電確認
"Strengthen ties to maximise trade,
investment opportunities with Laos' http://bit.ly/adnUGx
Laos presents huge trade and investment opportunities
for Thailand thanks to its lavish natural
resources, but the Thai side will have to
do more to strengthen bilateral ties if it
wants to benefit fully, said Thai Ambassador
to Vientiane Wiboon Khusakul Thai companies
that have invested in the country include
Mitr Phol Sugar Group, which has a sugar
mill in Savannakhet, Charoen Pokphand Group
with a coffee plantation in
○100315D Thailand, bangkokpost.com
タイなどが進めるメコン河下流のダム開発で環境グループがＭＲＣで検討要請
Govt urged to scrap Mekong dam plans http://bit.ly/9oBbuW
People living along the Mekong River want
the government to scrap its plans to build
dams, to help safeguard the river from further
exploitation.
"Experience and scientific evidence
show there is no way to heal environmental
and social damage caused by mega-dams,"
the Mekong People Network said in a statement
yesterday to mark International Day of Action
for Rivers. "The dams will destroy our
food sources and bring ...
○タイ・タクシン派、陸軍中枢施設へ移動 デモ隊暴徒化懸念も http://bit.ly/9aB0zA
○100313F Thailand, istockanalyst.com
タイは景気回復と資機材価格の落ち着きでラオスの３水力を買うと
Purchase plans from Laos to be revived http://bit.ly/bs2cdG
Thailand may resume plans to buy electricity
from three hydropower plants in Laos after
negotiations faltered earlier because construction
material costs were higher than expected,
says Pornchai Rujiprapa, permanent secretary
of the Energy Ministry. The Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand (Egat) signed memoranda
of understanding with the operators of three
projects in Laos in 2007 but the agreement
expired
○100307F Mekong, bangkokpost.com
メコン河の水位が劇的に下がっているが上流中国は放流と
Fall in Mekong's water level not China's
fault, says Smith http://bit.ly/9TLpWu
The drastic drop in the level of the Mekong
River has nothing to do with China retaining
water upstream, says Smith Dharmasarojana,
the director of the National Disaster Warning
Centre (NDWC). Rather, the decline is a result
of global warming, he said yesterday. Mr
Smith explained that dams in China have to
release water to generate electricity. Therefore,
it was not the upstream dams but the effects
of global warming ...
○100226E Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの石炭企業バンプーは２００９年２１００万トン売り上げ５４％伸び
Banpu profits surge by 54% to record B14bn
on brisk sales http://bit.ly/auPdny
○100226F Thailand, Bangkok Post
タイの２０１０年の原油生産は２０％拡大で日３０万バレルに達する見込み
World prices helping local exploration http://bit.ly/c7QTy9
○100226K Mekong, montrealgazette.com
メコン川の北部はこの２０年来最低の水位を記録で住民に影響
Record low Mekong River poses threat to millions http://bit.ly/dhf74S
○100224A Thailand, upstreamonline.com
タイの国家石油探査ＰＴＴＥが西部豪州の北のチモール海でガス発見
PTTEP finds gas at Oliver http://bit.ly/cxbw0f
○100218G Mekong, npr.org
メコン河のゴールデントライアングルからの記者の紀行報告
Mekong Divides Different Worlds In 'Golden
Triangle' http://bit.ly/bJ04xX
