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From a Phuket marina to Megawatts: The Clean Energy Platform Quietly Transforming Thailand

From a Phuket marina to Megawatts: The Clean Energy Platform Quietly Transforming Thailand

In a quiet corner of Royal Phuket Marina sits the Thailand head office of a company redefining how clean energy infrastructure is built and financed across Southeast Asia. While most associate Phuket with luxury resorts and tropical ease, New Energy Capital Asia is turning the island into an unlikely command center for serious infrastructure work ‒ built to global standards, backed by institutional capital, and delivering long-term value for both businesses and the planet.


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Sunday 10 August 2025 11:00 AM


 

Founded in Singapore and led by European energy veterans, New Energy Capital Asia develops, finances and operates rooftop solar, battery storage and thermal energy systems for commercial and industrial clients. Its long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) models allow businesses to decarbonise without investing upfront ‒ energy savings begin on day one, and the systems are transferred at zero cost at contract maturity.

Though its execution operations are run from Bangkok’s Two Pacific Place, Phuket is more than a registered address ‒ it is the strategic and spiritual home. CEO and Co-Founder Marc Lamsfuss, a longtime Phuket resident, relocated from Singapore in 2019 to prove a simple thesis: that clean energy in Southeast Asia could be delivered to global standards ‒ if done with the right structure, the right team and the right execution mindset.

That thesis is proving true. Over the past two years, New Energy Capital Asia has quietly become a trusted partner to some of Thailand’s most respected hospitality groups. Rooftop solar systems at Mövenpick Bangtao Beach, Cassia Laguna under Banyan Group and Hyatt Regency Koh Samui have all been delivered without disruption, with high aesthetic integration, and with the operational performance promised. These successful rollouts have evolved into portfolio-scale energy agreements with premium resort owners and branded residence developers across the country.

Yet New Energy Capital Asia is far from a niche hospitality operator. The company is now scaling rapidly across industrial and commercial sectors, delivering solar and battery systems for logistics, automotive, cold storage, F&B and OEM clients nationwide. This month, New Energy Capital Asia entered a strategic partnership with Bosch Thailand to jointly deploy Heating-as-a-Service (HaaS) systems ‒ combining Bosch’s engineering pedigree with New Energy Capital Asia’s BOOT model to electrify and decarbonise industrial heat at scale – targeting large food processing plants in Thailand and beyond.

What distinguishes New Energy Capital Asia is its dual fluency ‒ technical and financial. The company holds projects through BOI-certified entities in Thailand and structures funding via a regulated Singapore platform, purpose-built for institutional investors. It is not a contractor. It is a long-term asset owner and operator ‒ aligning capital and client performance over decades, not quarters.

As of mid-2025, New Energy Capital Asia has over 25 full-time professionals across Thailand and Singapore and plans to expand to 60 by 2026. “We’re fortunate to have one of the most capable teams in the industry,” says Lamsfuss. “Our ability to combine institutional discipline with local execution is what sets us apart.” The company is currently raising US$100 million in growth equity to support its Thai project pipeline and upcoming regional expansions into Malaysia and Indonesia.

But infrastructure is not the only thing on the company’s agenda.

In 2026, New Energy Capital Asia will launch a foundation focused on rural electrification, donating rooftop solar systems to schools and clinics in underserved areas of Thailand. “We’re building a business with strong fundamentals,” says Lamsfuss, “but we also believe that infrastructure capital should leave behind something that matters ‒ beyond the spreadsheet.”

New Energy Capital Asia also sees potential for Phuket to become a new hub for clean energy talent and infrastructure finance. With its high-quality education, international healthcare, and outstanding lifestyle, the island is increasingly attractive to professionals in private equity, clean energy, and engineering. “There’s a growing number of people who want to live here and work on things that matter,” says Lamsfuss. “We’re seeing real momentum — and we’re just getting started.”

For developers, resort operators, manufacturers, and investors, New Energy Capital Asia offers something increasingly rare: a clean energy platform that delivers ‒ financially, technically, and reputationally. Anchored in Phuket and engineered for scale, New Energy Capital Asia is building the next generation of distributed energy infrastructure across Thailand and Southeast Asia ‒ and it’s doing so from the ground up.


Marc Lamsfuss, Co-Founder & CEO, marc@newenergycapitalasia.com