Thailand: Mitr Phol powers up with rubber-wood chips

Thailand: Mitr Phol powers up with rubber-wood chips

Suwat Kamolpanus, managing director of Mitr Phol's alternative-power
business, said this new technology would turn about 120,000 tonnes of
rubber-wood chips per year into electricity.

"This is clear proof of our commitment to developing biomass power business
through the use of diverse types of energy sources available in local areas
in addition to bagasse," he said.

Panel Plus Bio-Power, a 9.9-megawatt plant, is located near the Panel Plus
Group in Hat |Yai, Songkhla. It has been generating electricity for Panel
Plus, a Mitr Phol subsidiary that makes particleboard and other products,
since March.

The power plant uses a high-performance combustion system and
environmentally friendly technology, as it requires fewer raw materials and
consumes less energy than conventional boilers, especially the top loader
system.

An electrostatic precipitator is also employed to reduce fly ash from boiler
emissions. This is a creative solution in the alternative power business and
an example of management of evaporation ponds to produce clean energy, the
company says.

"Bio-Power contributes an additional Bt0.01 per unit to the . Government
Community Development Fund with the intention to empower local communities
to develop their own environment and quality of life," Suwat said.

Currently Mitr Phol Group is the largest biomass power producer in Thailand,
with a total of seven such plants in Suphan Buri, Sing Buri, Khon Kaen,
Chaiyaphum, Kalasin, Loei and Tak provinces.

With combined production capacity of 552MW annually, the seven plants have
reached agreements with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand and
the Provincial Electricity Authority to sell more than 191MW annually.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com