BANGKOK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--Duke Engineering & Services (DE&S) has opened an office in Bangkok, Thailand to expand business opportunities and facilitate project support and implementation. Focusing on nuclear and renewable power generation as well as transmission and distribution projects, the new office will allow DE&S to explore power projects in Thailand and neighboring countries. DE&S' current projects include providing engineerig consulting to Electricity General Authority for a 1200-MW pumped storage facility and major transmission and distribution projects for the Three State Electricity Authority which includes Metropolitan Electricity Authority, Provincial Authority and Electricity General Authority. DE&S' work elsewhere in the Pacific Rim has included projects in the Philippines, China and South Korea. Dr. Surachet Tamronglak staffs the office. Tamronglak specializes in developing new business opportunities in power generation, and transmission and distribution projects for engineering and construction companies in Thailand. Tamronglak has also provided consulting and electrical engineering services to Thailand's Metropolitan Electricity Authority and has installed an electical system for Huay Sapan Hin Mini Hydropower Plant in Chantaburi, Thailand. DE&S' Bangkok office location is: FL. 29 Suntowers B, #2906 123 Wipawadi-Rangsit Rd. Bangkok, 10900 Thailand Phone: 662-617-8216 Specializing in energy and environmental services, DE&S provides full- scope engineering, technical and professional services to clients worldwide. DE&S is a business unit of Duke Power (NYSE: DUK), one of the largest investor - owned utilities in the United States. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, DE&S manages 13 international business offices and performs work in 50 countries on six continents. Source Duke Engineering & Services CONTACT: Lucinda Trew, Duke Engineering & Services, 704-382-3430, 704-549-4735