Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva (right) and former deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij outline the party's proposal to use LNG and palm oil to fuel power plants at the party's headquarters on Wednesday. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu)The Democrat Party is championing the use of liquified natural gas (LNG) and palm oil to fuel two new power plants in the South, where there is stiff local opposition to the use of coal. Details were revealed by Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and Korn Chatikavanij, a former deputy leader, at party headquarters on Wednesday. At the same time, the government should order a feasibility study into using palm oil as an alternative to coal for the power plant in Krabi. As an added benefit, using LNG was less costly than coal, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post February 08, 2017 10:03 UTC