Thailand Accelerates Clean Energy Push to Cut LNG Dependence

Why it matters

Thailand's accelerated clean energy push and first-time embrace of nuclear power to reduce LNG dependence is a notable market development with potential medium-term implications for energy credit markets and regional energy security, but it is not a direct regulatory or systemic credit event.

Sources

• OilPrice.com

  Thailand Accelerates Clean Energy Push to Cut LNG Dependence

  Thailand plans to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy sources and embrace nuclear power for the first time to cut reliance on imported LNG in the wake of the Middle East crisis, Energy Minister Akanat Promphan told Bloomberg in an interview published on Thursday. Thailand…