Cambodia: GE looks to deal with government on coal plants

Cambodia: GE looks to deal with government on coal plants

US-based energy giant General Electric (GE) hopes to finalise an agreement
with the Ministry of Mines and Energy by November that would see the
Kingdom's coal and gas plants using emissions-monitoring technology for the
first time, company executives said yesterday.

Massimo Gallizioli, commercial executive for GE's Steam Power Systems
business in the Asia-Pacific region, said the Continuous Emission Monitoring
System would track and closely analyse local pollutant emission levels for
all power plants across the country when the agreement comes into force.

The data would then be sent to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) to
give Cambodia the capability to fully understand how much carbon dioxide
(CO2) - the gas most heavily linked to climate change - the country is
emitting on a real-time basis.

"There is a lot of pressure on the coal industry, with people looking into
efficiency, pollution and a country's C02 footprint," Gallizioli said. "The
monitoring system will be important for the government to understand its
level of emissions, especially as it is likely that the country will invest
more into coal as the electricity demands increase."

He added that this was a "good first step" for the country and would also be
the first emission monitoring system GE has deployed in Asean.

The system is part of an agreement signed in April when GE won a contract to
outfit the new 135-megawatt coal-fired plant - the Kingdom's third - which
is owned by Malaysia's Cambodian Energy II Co Ltd (CEL2) and is being built
by Toshiba Plant Systems and Services Corporation in Preah Sihanouk
province.

While Wouter Van Wersch, GE Asean president and CEO, admitted that any plant
smaller than 250-megawatts lacks the capacity to introduce
"ultra-supercritical technology" which gives a plant the esteemed moniker of
being "clean coal" by industry standards, he said that the monitoring system
and latest technology would ensure that the CEL2 plant is as efficient as
possible.

"The concern with coal comes primarily from plants operating with a low
level of efficiency," he said. "With GE technology being used, Cambodia will
be able to compare the emissions of the CEL2 plant against the others in
Sihanoukville, which are currently not operating as they should."

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

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