The
year-round
tropical
climate
of
the
Southeast
Asian
state
has
spurred
the
growth
of
solar-energy
facilities,
and
projects
scheduled
for
completion
by
2022
have
now
hit
a
total
on-grid
capacity
of
2.97GW.
Only
about
100
projects
worth
a
total
of
220MW
set
to
come
on
stream
by
2022
have
been
approved
by
the
authorities,
leaving
1.68GW
of
capacity
contracted
but
not
approved,
and
another
1.07GW
merely
proposed.
“We
have
to
temporarily
suspend
new
proposals
for
solar
projects,”
Twarath
Sutabutr,
deputy
director-general
at
the
Department
of
Alternative
Energy
Development
and
Efficiency
(
DEDE),…
