Teak farming & Renewable Energy: Opportunities in Myanmar-Laos-Vietnam and Thailand 2014
The rapid expansion of the teak plantations, however, poses a risk of undermining its reputation in global market place because of wide variations in wood quality with the net effect of reducing the prices and therefore the financial viability of teak planting programmes. To avoid this, teak growers, at the community and industrial levels, must ensure that the wood they produce is of the highest possible quality, which will mean choosing the right sites carefully, using good genetic stock, employing optimal rotation cycles and appropriate silvicultural techniques. The major objectives of Teak Farming are:
1.Genetic resources for higher productivity of planted teak forest.
2.Investments and economic returns from teak plantations.
3.Quality control and mass production of teak clones for tropical plantations.
4.Benefits and challenges of certification with regard to the sustainability of planted teak forests
5 AUG 2014 Thailand passes new law on public-private partnerships...Areepong Bhoocha-oom, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, said the new law, officially named the Private Joint Investment in State Undertaking Act, will cut the time companies can break ground on new projects to 10 to 12 months from the start of negotiations, from the 20 to 30 months it averages at the moment. This faster, more streamlined process will help break what has been called a logistics bottleneck in Thailand... The new PPP law is designed to drastically cut the time between initial investment and implementation of projects, and also reduce possibilities for corruption.
RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY IN ASIA
August 2011,German Village Achieves Energy Independence and Then Some...Wildpoldsried produces 321 percent more energy than it needs and is generating $5.7 million in annual revenue a remarkable accomplishment for a modest farming community that has been able to invest in new municipal infrastructure without going into debt...IN 1997, when the newly elected Mayor and Village Council of Wildpoldsried, Germany took their posts, everyone agreed that its goals should be to build new industry, keep initiatives local, bring in new revenues and create no debt.
One project is under construction in Jeppo, Finland. The German biogas plant construction company Weltec Biopower is implementing this project jointly with its Finnish project partner Doranova. According to Weltec Biopower the 1.8 MW plant will produce biomethane refined to natural gas quality as early as autumn 2013...In the initial phase, only waste water, grass and straw will be used as fermentation substrates. Additionally, manure from a total of three pig sties of a business located a few kilometres away will enter the fermenters via pipelines.
Investment Regime2011... Cambodia Laos Thailand
Corporate Income Tax 20% 20% 30%
Foreign Ownership 100% 100% 49%
(non-export ind.)
Foreign Land Lease 99 50 30
(maximum years)
Population (mn) 14 6 66
Targeted Return: Gross IRR of 25% from high yield Forestry and Renewable energy Sector.
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