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</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Switch from oil to natural gas to generate electricity means big cut in carbon emissions </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Tania Tan
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->ONE of the winners of Singapore's top green award comes from an industry generally vilified worldwide for being among the least environmentally-friendly.
Senoko Power in Woodlands, the biggest of Singapore's power stations, has been named as one of the three winners of the President's Award for the Environment this year.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story --><STYLE type=text/css> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </STYLE>Also lauded
THE other winners of the President's Award for the Environment 2008 are:
Alexandra Hospital
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>It earned the accolade by burning natural gas instead of oil to produce electricity for the country's grid. The switch, made in 2004, means it belches 2.5 million tonnes less carbon into the air every year, about the same as taking all Singapore vehicles off the road for a year.
Senoko president and chief executive officer Roy Adair said of the country's highest environmental accolade: 'This is the blue ribbon of environmental awards. Needless to say, we're very honoured.'
The other two winners are Alexandra Hospital and the South West Community Development Council. The awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Istana this evening.
Launched in 2006, the award goes to three recipients every year - individuals, organisations or companies which have made green contributions and built an excellent track record.
Mr Tan Gee Paw, who chaired the award selection committee, said the winners' 'commitment to the environment' distinguished them from the 25 other nominees.
Senoko spent $650 million in 2000 to upgrade three of its oil-fire power stations to run more efficiently on natural gas. It will put another $750 million into converting three more plants by 2011.
The company produces about a third or 3,300MW of the country's total annual electricity consumption, alongside the two other power Big Boys here, PowerSeraya and Tuas Power.
Senoko has two other green initiatives going: It has pumped $7 million into building its own desalination plant in 2004, which provides up to 80 per cent of the plant's water needs.
It has also, since 2005, sponsored the National Weather Study Project, an annual competition among secondary and pre-university students conducting research on climate change.
The United Nations has noted that power- generation activity churns out about a quarter of the world's carbon emissions, which cause climate change.
But power generators here are trying to be part of the solution instead of the problem.
PowerSeraya's managing director Neil McGregor remarked that the industry, which burns fossil fuels and lacks viable alternatives, faces 'significant impediments' in becoming green.
Both PowerSeraya and Tuas Power believe that their investments in green technology and research into sustainable energy will point the way forward for electricity producers. [email protected]
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Switch from oil to natural gas to generate electricity means big cut in carbon emissions </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Tania Tan
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->ONE of the winners of Singapore's top green award comes from an industry generally vilified worldwide for being among the least environmentally-friendly.
Senoko Power in Woodlands, the biggest of Singapore's power stations, has been named as one of the three winners of the President's Award for the Environment this year.
<TABLE width=200 align=left valign="top"><TBODY><TR><TD class=padr8><!-- Vodcast --><!-- Background Story --><STYLE type=text/css> #related .quote {background-color:#E7F7FF; padding:8px;margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;} #related .quote .headline {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10px;font-weight:bold; border-bottom:3px double #007BFF; color:#036; text-transform:uppercase; padding-bottom:5px;} #related .quote .text {font-size:11px;color:#036;padding:5px 0px;} </STYLE>Also lauded
THE other winners of the President's Award for the Environment 2008 are:
Alexandra Hospital
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>It earned the accolade by burning natural gas instead of oil to produce electricity for the country's grid. The switch, made in 2004, means it belches 2.5 million tonnes less carbon into the air every year, about the same as taking all Singapore vehicles off the road for a year.
Senoko president and chief executive officer Roy Adair said of the country's highest environmental accolade: 'This is the blue ribbon of environmental awards. Needless to say, we're very honoured.'
The other two winners are Alexandra Hospital and the South West Community Development Council. The awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Istana this evening.
Launched in 2006, the award goes to three recipients every year - individuals, organisations or companies which have made green contributions and built an excellent track record.
Mr Tan Gee Paw, who chaired the award selection committee, said the winners' 'commitment to the environment' distinguished them from the 25 other nominees.
Senoko spent $650 million in 2000 to upgrade three of its oil-fire power stations to run more efficiently on natural gas. It will put another $750 million into converting three more plants by 2011.
The company produces about a third or 3,300MW of the country's total annual electricity consumption, alongside the two other power Big Boys here, PowerSeraya and Tuas Power.
Senoko has two other green initiatives going: It has pumped $7 million into building its own desalination plant in 2004, which provides up to 80 per cent of the plant's water needs.
It has also, since 2005, sponsored the National Weather Study Project, an annual competition among secondary and pre-university students conducting research on climate change.
The United Nations has noted that power- generation activity churns out about a quarter of the world's carbon emissions, which cause climate change.
But power generators here are trying to be part of the solution instead of the problem.
PowerSeraya's managing director Neil McGregor remarked that the industry, which burns fossil fuels and lacks viable alternatives, faces 'significant impediments' in becoming green.
Both PowerSeraya and Tuas Power believe that their investments in green technology and research into sustainable energy will point the way forward for electricity producers. [email protected]
