Power plants to use wood for fuel
The Straits Times, 28 April 2004
"Two plants are being built to generate power by burning waste wood rather than oil - and be better for the environment"
By SHARMILPAL KAUR
SINGAPORE is steaming ahead with plans to find greener ways or generating electricity, with two new plants being built that will be fuelled by waste wood instead of oil.
Eco Special Waste Management, which picks up wooden pallets, packing material, boxes and sawdust from companies, has set up a 530 megawatt plant that will harness the power generated by burning waste wood. This will also power its recycling operations.
This $3.6 million plant will pay for itself within three years, said Eco managing director Chua Tiong Guan.
Bee Joo Industries, also a recycling company, will run a similar plant also fuelled by waste wood.
Both projects were announced by Environment Minister Lim Swee Say at the Singapore Co-generation Day Seminar at York Hotel on Friday.
The seminar was held under the auspices of the EC-Asean Cogen Programme. It was started in 1991 to promote alternative fuels such as bio-mass to generate power in the Asean region.
Since then, 16 demonstration plants using bio-mass fuels such as wood, paper, rich, palm, oil amd bio-gas have set up around the region.
As they produce electricity and steam, they are called "co-generation plants".
Singapore already has two other co-generation plants, one on Jurong Island that uses natural gas, and another on pulau Bukom run by oil giant shell.
Mr. Lim said he favours having more co-generation facilities here to produce cleaner energy "maximize energy efficiency, strengthen business competitiveness and,above all contribute to environment sustainability". Back to Newsclippings | To top
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