(Bloomberg) -- Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-
biggest economy, plans to buy electricity from China for the
first time starting in 2017 because the country isn't building
its own plants fast enough to meet an expected surge in demand.
The Thai government has signed an initial agreement to buy
about 3,000 megawatts of electricity from hydropower plants in
southern China starting in 2017, Energy Minister Piyasvasti
Amranand, 53, said in an interview. Thailand needs to add more
than 30,000 megawatts of generating capacity by 2021 to avoid
shortages, according to the ministry's forecasts.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
biggest economy, plans to buy electricity from China for the
first time starting in 2017 because the country isn't building
its own plants fast enough to meet an expected surge in demand.
The Thai government has signed an initial agreement to buy
about 3,000 megawatts of electricity from hydropower plants in
southern China starting in 2017, Energy Minister Piyasvasti
Amranand, 53, said in an interview. Thailand needs to add more
than 30,000 megawatts of generating capacity by 2021 to avoid
shortages, according to the ministry's forecasts.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
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