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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Tuas Power to build $2b 'clean' plant
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>It will be first here to run on clean coal and biomass </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Clarissa Oon
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->TUAS Power, the third-largest power generator here, plans to build a $2 billion steam and electricity production plant.
It will be the first plant here to run on clean coal and biomass, ensuring the efficient and non-polluting use of coal to power industries on Jurong Island.
<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>Green features
Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex will start operating in 2011. -- PHOTOS: TUAS POWER
No exposure of coal to the environment: Coal from neighbouring countries is transported in covered barges, unloaded through fully enclosed conveyors and stored in covered silos.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Given the nod by the National Environment Agency, construction of the Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex will start soon, Tuas Power said yesterday.
The company believes if the plant proves successful, it could pave the way for greater use here of clean coal combined with other fuel sources.
Hastening this change: soaring global oil and gas prices.
Tuas Power said the new complex will start operating in 2011, to supply steam, chilled water and electricity, and treat industrial waste for up to 10 petrochemical companies on Jurong Island.
The plant will be powered by 80 per cent low-ash, low-sulphur coal and 20 per cent biomass, which is waste woodchips and palm kernel shells. Coal is the world's most abundant fuel but is controversial for its high carbon emissions.
Tuas Power plans to keep emission levels down with the latest biomass and clean coal boiler technology from Japan. Biomass is a renewable, zero-emissions energy source.
'Overall, we are able to produce one unit of energy at a more competitive cost,' said Tuas Power president and CEO Lim Kong Puay.
It will translate into cost savings of about 10 per cent of a factory's utilities bill compared to energy generated by a gas-fired plant, he told The Straits Times.
With the plant, clean coal will contribute 15 per cent to Tuas Power's revenue by 2012. It is now wholly reliant on gas.
'The approach we are taking is to incorporate very efficient energy processes and renewable biomass to minimise the impact on the environment,' said Mr Lim.
Its diversification into other fuel sources was welcomed by the Energy Market Authority (EMA), which said in a statement yesterday the move would 'serve as a hedge against rising oil prices'.
Currently, about 80 per cent of Singapore's electricity is generated from natural gas, the cleanest available fossil fuel, and the rest from oil.
However, the EMA stressed the Government is not about to allow the use of coal for power generation 'solely or on a large scale' any time soon.
This stems from its decision two years ago to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) and build an LNG terminal, to diversify Singapore's sources of natural gas.
'We will not allow any entry of coal to adversely affect and jeopardise the viability of the LNG project,' it said.
Apart from moving into new fuel sources, Tuas Power is the first of the big three power-generating companies (gencos) to offer utilities beyond just electricity. These multi-utilities would include steam or chilled water power.
Tuas Power is expanding beyond its core business of electricity production after being acquired earlier this year by China Huaneng, China's largest coal-fuelled power producer.
Last week, the Singapore genco won a contract to supply multi-utilities to Finnish company Neste Oil Corp's $1.2 billion plant which produces renewable diesel.
Mr Lim believes his company has the 'core skills' to go into multi-utilities as 'the production of electricity involves the production of steam as well as very high-grade water for boilers'.
The integrated supply of different utilities to clients is expected to contribute about 30 per cent of Tuas Power's total revenue by 2012. [email protected]
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Tuas Power to build $2b 'clean' plant
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>It will be first here to run on clean coal and biomass </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Clarissa Oon
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --></TBODY></TABLE>
<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->TUAS Power, the third-largest power generator here, plans to build a $2 billion steam and electricity production plant.
It will be the first plant here to run on clean coal and biomass, ensuring the efficient and non-polluting use of coal to power industries on Jurong Island.
<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>Green features
No exposure of coal to the environment: Coal from neighbouring countries is transported in covered barges, unloaded through fully enclosed conveyors and stored in covered silos.
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Given the nod by the National Environment Agency, construction of the Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex will start soon, Tuas Power said yesterday.
The company believes if the plant proves successful, it could pave the way for greater use here of clean coal combined with other fuel sources.
Hastening this change: soaring global oil and gas prices.
Tuas Power said the new complex will start operating in 2011, to supply steam, chilled water and electricity, and treat industrial waste for up to 10 petrochemical companies on Jurong Island.
The plant will be powered by 80 per cent low-ash, low-sulphur coal and 20 per cent biomass, which is waste woodchips and palm kernel shells. Coal is the world's most abundant fuel but is controversial for its high carbon emissions.
Tuas Power plans to keep emission levels down with the latest biomass and clean coal boiler technology from Japan. Biomass is a renewable, zero-emissions energy source.
'Overall, we are able to produce one unit of energy at a more competitive cost,' said Tuas Power president and CEO Lim Kong Puay.
It will translate into cost savings of about 10 per cent of a factory's utilities bill compared to energy generated by a gas-fired plant, he told The Straits Times.
With the plant, clean coal will contribute 15 per cent to Tuas Power's revenue by 2012. It is now wholly reliant on gas.
'The approach we are taking is to incorporate very efficient energy processes and renewable biomass to minimise the impact on the environment,' said Mr Lim.
Its diversification into other fuel sources was welcomed by the Energy Market Authority (EMA), which said in a statement yesterday the move would 'serve as a hedge against rising oil prices'.
Currently, about 80 per cent of Singapore's electricity is generated from natural gas, the cleanest available fossil fuel, and the rest from oil.
However, the EMA stressed the Government is not about to allow the use of coal for power generation 'solely or on a large scale' any time soon.
This stems from its decision two years ago to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) and build an LNG terminal, to diversify Singapore's sources of natural gas.
'We will not allow any entry of coal to adversely affect and jeopardise the viability of the LNG project,' it said.
Apart from moving into new fuel sources, Tuas Power is the first of the big three power-generating companies (gencos) to offer utilities beyond just electricity. These multi-utilities would include steam or chilled water power.
Tuas Power is expanding beyond its core business of electricity production after being acquired earlier this year by China Huaneng, China's largest coal-fuelled power producer.
Last week, the Singapore genco won a contract to supply multi-utilities to Finnish company Neste Oil Corp's $1.2 billion plant which produces renewable diesel.
Mr Lim believes his company has the 'core skills' to go into multi-utilities as 'the production of electricity involves the production of steam as well as very high-grade water for boilers'.
The integrated supply of different utilities to clients is expected to contribute about 30 per cent of Tuas Power's total revenue by 2012. [email protected]