Thailand: Waste water from industry, agriculture to create clean-energy alternative

Thailand: Waste water from industry, agriculture to create clean-energy
alternative

SUPRAWEEN ENERGY One Nine Co has cooperated with a US-based company to
develop plasma gasification technology - turning waste-water from both
industrial and agricultural sectors into a power source.

The process should solve and manage waste-water problems for entire
communities, the company's president Dr Supraween Wiratchapornrawee
predicted.

If the project is approved, the process will be conducted first in
Phetchaburi province and extend to other suitable areas. Supraween said the
advantages of the project included: one, the governmental sector could
purchase electricity at a low price; two, the amount of waste water from
industry, agriculture, and community could be decreased; and three, the time
spent in building and setting up the system was shorter when compared with
other power sources.

Supraween added that Thailand still relied on imported energy by purchasing
more than 55 per cent of it - such as gasoline, natural gas, coal, and
electricity - from other countries.

Figures show the amount of available energy had decreased every day. As a
result, alternative energy has been designated on the national agenda by the
government, according to the Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) of
15 Years (2008-2022).

The goal was to increase alternative energy to 25 per cent of the whole
energy usage in the country by focusing on available resources to generate
electricity and making their sources sustainable.

"That is to say, the risk from using only one source of energy is minimised
as the options of renewable energy are increased," she said.

Finding more alternative energy sources has become an urgent issue and it
must comply with the government's policy. Also, waste-water released from
industrial and agricultural sectors as well as households has become a
significant issue. It is getting more serious, even though policy and
measurement were imposed to manage the problem.

Therefore, when the two problems - increasing alternative energy source and
managing waste-water - were integrated, synthetic gas from waste-water was
developed to generate electricity as an alternative energy.

This was a solution that helped decrease environmental pollution because
this type of energy was unpolluted and friendly to the environment.
Synthetic gas with high potential to generate a new of type of energy used
in the country would be able to solve waste-water problems and effectively
reduce water pollution.

She added that last year the company presented a proposal about developing
synthetic gas made from waste-water to generate electricity with the
capacity of 8 megawatts per hour.

The power produced from the project would be sold to the Provincial
Electricity Authority, which has been approved to comply with the
regulations for power purchase.

"That is to say, the purchase is in line with the framework of renewable
energy encouragement according to the AEDP - and with the regulations of
power purchase determined by the management committee. With that scope, the
Provincial Electricity Authority can consider purchasing by itself," said
Supraween.

"Moreover, the goal for electricity generation according to AEDP 2015 is to
be able to generate 600mw in 2036 - whereas the current capacity is only
300-400mw, requiring higher generation. Thus, the offer from our project is
not beyond the framework of AEDP.

"The company firmly believes our project has the potential and creates an
opportunity for Thailand to have a new alternative energy that is clean and
friendly to the environment at a reasonable price. At present, the company
is ready in terms of capital, technology and lands to build a power plant as
soon as the Provincial Electricity Authority responds to its offer and
[draws up] a contract with Supraween Energy One Nine Co.

"Lastly, Supraween Energy One Nine also aims to be a complete electricity
producer - waste-to-energy type - and is ready to cooperate and help every
kind of industry manage its waste.

"Furthermore, we plan to establish two small power plants with capacity of
90mw in 2018. The total capacity that we can produce is 188mw," said
Supraween.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com