On 22 May 2026, Mr. Chulvat Narinthrangura, Director-General of Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), and Dr. Angela Jane Macdonald, Australian Ambassador to Thailand, signed the Exchange of Notes for Thailand-Australia Energy Cooperation Project at Reception Room 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Representatives from the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, the Ministry of Energy, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), and the Australian Embassy also attended the ceremony.

The signing of the Exchange of Notes for Thailand-Australia Energy Cooperation Project builds on the success of Energy Cooperation Workplan that has been endorsed by both sides in 2023. This project is a part of Australia’s initiative on Partnerships for Infrastructure (P4I), which provides the financial support for the development of renewable energy and sustainable transition through policy dialogue, joint study, exchange of knowledge and technology for clean energy, and capacity building of relevant Thai agencies and personnel. The project aims to promote Thailand into a low emission and carbon neutral society, with the Ministry of Energy of Thailand together with EGAT as implementing agencies of Thai side and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia as implementing agency of Australian side.