In Thailand, sugar giant Mitr Phol is moving beyond bagasse-based power generation, of which it already owns six plants, and is investing $14.3 million in a multi-feedstock 9.9MW biomass power facility co-located with a rice mill. Its six bagasse-based facilities produce 450MW of power of which 200MW is sold to the national grid. It has […]
In Thailand, Mitr Phol plans to dedicate $130 million to renewable energy investments with $30 million going towards expanding existing ethanol production at its Kalasin province distillery to 1.45 million liters a day from 1.2 million. Another $89 million will go towards biomass power projects. Investments include solar rooftops as well as dry yeast from […]
In Thailand, PTT and Mitr Phol are setting up a joint venture to produce E85. The $939,000 facility will be online by the end of 2014, producing half a million liters of fuel daily. PTT will then distribute the fuel in the northern and northeastern parts of the country, helping to extend E85 availability beyond […]
In Thailand, Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation has committed to investing over $60M to double ethanol production capacity. With the approval of a recent resolution to terminate the use of gasoline 91 by October 2012, ethanol consumption in Thailand is expected to skyrocket up to 21 million liters per month. The company intends to lead the […]
