Pattaya City Council members visited the site of the infamous “Ray Building” on Koh Larn Island, a stingray-shaped municipal building that was the final phase of the solar-power boondoggle.
Two years after Pattaya’s former mayor vowed to revive his brother’s failed Koh Larn renewable-energy project, nothing has been done, and likely won’t be.
Pattaya City Council members on Nov. 13 visited the site of the infamous “Ray Building” on Samae Beach, a stingray-shaped municipal building that was the final phase of a 170-million-baht wind- and solar-power boondoggle built by former mayor Itthiphol Kunplome.Only the contractor hired by the Pattaya administration benefited from the project, which was allocated a maintenance budget of zero baht.
The project was supposed to produce electricity for Pattaya city offices and streetlights on Koh Larn using 45 wind turbines. The…
Pattaya island’s solar energy pipe dream continues to draw scorn
