- Business
- Ratch Group Public Company Limited, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Nonthaburi, Thailand, operates as a holding company that invests in subsidiaries and joint ventures focused on electricity generation from fossil fuels including natural gas, coal and fuel oil; renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydropower and biomass; power plant operation and maintenance services; and infrastructure investments encompassing energy-related businesses, railways, transportation, water utilities and healthcare, with total equity installed capacity of 10,817 megawatts across Thailand, Australia, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand holds a 45% equity stake as its major shareholder. Ratch Group generates revenue primarily through electricity sales, services and profit sharing from its investments. In 2025, the company unveils a refined 2025-2029 strategy emphasizing asset portfolio realignment, expansion into renewables and new energy technologies like green hydrogen, small modular reactors and energy storage systems, with THB 15 billion allocated for investments in target markets including Australia, the Philippines and Vietnam; secures a THB 5 billion green and sustainability loan; advances projects such as 10-year private power purchase agreements for Australian wind farms, the 152-MW Marulan solar farm, Nava Nakorn expansion, Song Giang 1 hydropower in Vietnam and NPSI solar in the Philippines; and acquires a 51% stake in Vietnam's Thanh Phong Wind Power project alongside collaborations like green hydrogen studies in Laos.