Thai companies collaborate to develop waste-to-energy power plants

In Thailand, Asean Now reported that a consortium of Thai power and waste management companies intend to build 12 waste-to-energy power facilities and three refuse-derived fuel production plants. 

Acting Managing Director of waste services company Earth Tech Environment, Supawat Khunvoravinij, stated that the goal is to create facilities capable of power generation while improving industrial waste management. 

The report noted that Earth Tech Environment is collaborating with power producer Gulf Energy Development, waste recycling and power generation operator Waste Tech Exponential, and waste storage and transportation provider Better World Green, to develop these projects. A power purchase agreement has already been signed with the Provincial Electricity Authority, the nation’s state-run power distributor. The power facilities are expected to be operational within two years.

The report also stated that Gulf and Earth Tech Environment will jointly fund and develop 10 waste-to-energy power plants, each with an 8-megawatt power capacity. 

Two more waste-fired power projects will be financed by Gulf (34%), Waste Tech Exponential (33%), and Earth Tech Environment (33%). Gulf and Better World Green will also develop three waste processing plants to furnish refuse-derived fuel for the power facilities, the report added.

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