(March 14, 2005) An independent review finds the World Bank has failed to demonstrate Nam Theun 2 is Thailand’s least-cost option for expanding power supply. The World Bank must prove it is, however, in order for the project to qualify for bank subsidies.

(March 10, 2005) Applying BC Hydro water use planning experience in the transboundary Se San River Basin.

(March 1, 2005) Thailand’s little-known yet multi-national sector of small power producers could potentially compete with conventional large-scale hydro dams and thermal plants but development has been blocked by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.

(February 22, 2005) The recommendations tabled at a two-day forum attended by 180 representatives of riparian communities from different regions in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.

(February 5, 2005) The consultant firms hired to assess the controversial Klong Dan wastewater treatment facility have found serious structural damage that could lead to a compensation claim by the state against the contractor of some 4,000 million baht.

(December 30, 2004) China’s push to harness storied river’s power puts it at odds with nations downstream.

(December 13, 2004) Hydro-power plants and coal-power plants feature predominantly in the Energy Ministry’s new development plan, which foresees the construction of 18 new plants with a combined capacity of 13,230 megawatts between 2011 and 2015.

(December 1, 2004) A review of the Asian Development Bank’s 2003 Indicative Master Plan for Regional Power Interconnections and Power Trade in the Greater Mekong Subregion and whether the ADB Master Plan serves the interests of GMS power consumers.