After a delay caused by political upheaval, Thailand is starting to move forward again on the renewable energy (RE) front. A tendering process was held in April that resulted in cooperatives being awarded 281MW of solar PV. Many of these cooperatives have teamed up with experienced solar PV companies to implement their projects. In terms of other RE opportunities, Bangkok's first municipal solid waste (MSW) project, which can generate 5MW, had its opening ceremony in May, boding well for other MSW projects in Thailand. Thai peak power demand increased in 2016 by 8% to a new record of 29,618.8 MW. This is despite the economy growing at only 1.8%. It is hopefully an indicator that the economy will start to grow more strongly.
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