
SET-listed Gulf Energy Development, Thailand's biggest private power producer by market value, has purchased 49% of Jackson Generation, a gas-fired power plant in Illinois, for US$400 million (15 billion baht) as it embarks on its US expansion.
Yupapin Wangviwat, chief financial officer at Gulf, said the investment, made through its subsidiary Gulf Energy USA, is the company's first move into the US energy market.