- Business
- Ratch Group Public Company Limited (RATCH.BK), founded in 2000 and headquartered in Nonthaburi, Thailand, operates as a holding company that invests in electricity generation through fossil fuel-based power plants using natural gas, coal and fuel oil; renewable energy projects encompassing solar, wind, hydropower and biomass; as well as power plant operation and maintenance services, electricity and steam sales, and diversified infrastructure including railway systems, water utilities, fuel supply, healthcare services and emerging technologies such as battery energy storage systems and green hydrogen, primarily serving state utilities via long-term power purchase agreements and industrial customers across Thailand, Australia, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Japan, where it maintains total equity installed capacity of 10,817 megawatts with 9,056 megawatts commercially operational as of mid-2024. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand holds a 45% equity stake as its major shareholder. In recent developments, Ratch Group completed a USD605 million acquisition in 2022 of Nexif Energy and Denham Capital's asset portfolio, adding 1,500 megawatts including renewables, gas-fired plants and battery storage across Thailand, Australia, Vietnam and the Philippines, while in March 2025 its subsidiary finalized investment in the 355-megawatt Xekong 4A and 4B hydropower projects in Lao PDR, leading to the dissolution of Sekong Investment Advisory Co., Ltd., and it outlines a 2025-2029 strategy targeting non-power revenue growth to 30% by 2030 through infrastructure expansions alongside renewable capacity increases.