They said these moves were against the government’s promise to consider the option of renewable energy development in Krabi and delay the coal-fired power plant plan. The campaign was led by Prasitchai Nu-nuan and Akaradej Chakjinda, who staged hunger strikes against the proposed power plant last year. He said they rushed to reach the conclusion on whether to build the power plant and submitted the result to the prime minister. Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd won the bid to build the coal-fired power plant while Italian-Thai Development Public Co Ltd won the bid to build the coal-loading pier. The Krabi coal-fired power plant was planned to generate 800 megawatts of electricity from imported bituminous or sub-bituminous coal from Indonesia.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 18, 2016 18:03 UTC