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Siemens to build combined
cycle power plant in Thailand
An international Siemens-led consortium has been awarded
a major contract from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
(EGAT) for the turnkey erection of a combined cycle power plant with a
capacity of 700 megawatts (MW). Construction of the plant is scheduled to be
completed by March 2009.
The new combined cycle power plant will be built at Bang Pakong some 60
kilometers southeast of Bangkok in Chachoengsao province. Due to growing
demand from both industry and the private sector, the Thai government has
pledged to increase the country’s generating capacity from approximately
31,000 megawatts (MW) to around 44,000 MW by the year 2015.
Siemens PG has been active in the Thai market for the past three decades and
has been involved in several projects including the 2005 construction of a
power plant in Songkhla with Japanese partners Marubeni. Commenting on the
news, Lothar Herrmann, president and CEO of Siemens Ltd. Thailand said:
“Songkhla and the new power plant in Bang Pakong will make an important
contribution towards meeting the country’s growing power demand in both an
economic and environmentally compatible manner.”
Siemens PG is one of the premier companies in the international power
generation sector. In fiscal 2005 the company posted sales amounting to
approximately EUR8.1 billion and received new orders totaling EUR11 billion.
New General Manager
for Central World Hotel &
Convention Centre Bangkok
Mr. Michel Horn, the new General Manager of
Central World Hotel & Convention Centre Bangkok
Mr. Gerd Steeb, President of Central Hotels & Resorts recently announced the
appointment of Mr. Michel Horn as General Manager of Central World Hotel &
Convention Centre Bangkok. Mr. Horn has over 25 years experience in
worldwide hotel management including 13 years at Accor. Prior to joining
Central he was the Managing Director of Hotel Management & Consulting
Services Ltd. in Singapore. The Central World Convention Centre is slated to
open June 2007 with the hotel building opening its doors in early 2008.
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