Thermax supplies power plants burning a variety of fuels

 

Thermax supplied the first ever biomass based IPP set, under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, India. The Kalpatru plant is a 7.8 MW IPP with fuels as diverse as mustard husk, mustard straw, and cotton stalk among others. This was the first biomass-based project from India to be successfully registered with UNFCCC (Paris agreement) as a CDM project.

 

Kalpatru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) set up a Biomass plant at Padampur in the Ganganagar district of Rajasthan in 2003. This plant uses agricultural waste and crop residues (biomass) as inputs and generates 7.8 MW of Power.

 

KPTL has set up another biomass plant in Tonk District of Rajasthan in 2006 of 8 MW capacity. This plant also uses agriculture waste and crop residues (biomass) as inputs.

Both Plants have logistics infrastructure to collect approx. 200,000 MTs of such inputs every year.

 

Kalpataru Power is one of the top companies around the globe to get registered with UNFCCC in 2003 and has benefited from CERs (Certified Emission Reduction) generated

from its Ganganagar plant for 10 years. The project later on achieved Gold Standard Certification in 2012.

 

Thermax's long involvement in the Energy business has led to a very deep understanding of fuels. In fact, the R&D labs have successfully tested & commercialized firing of more than 40 bio waste and biofuels, like rice husk, agro waste and municipal waste.

 

Thermax has executed some international projects Bataan 2020(Philippines) and Lamsan Inc. (Philippines) and is extending its O&M services to it.

 

Bataan 2020, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of printing & writing paper and containerboard in the Philippines. Currently, the company has 2 paper machines, one in Samal, Bataan and another in Baesa, Quezon City, with a combined capacity of about 80,000 metric tons per annum

 

Lamsan Power Corporation is the renewable energy unit of the Lamsan group of companies. It was recently established to take part in the government’s initiative to promote the use of renewable resources in generating power as well as support the Bangsamoro region by investing right at the heart of one of the most marginalized regions in the country.

Lamsan Power Corporation traces its roots from its sister company, Lamsan Inc. Starting from the early 1980s, Lamsan Inc. developed the capacity to use biomass as an energy source, initially as a boiler fuel to produce steam for use at its corn wet milling plant. Lamsan Inc. operated a German Standardkessel Power rice husk-fired process steam boiler for over 30 years. This operation gave them the experience and track record in buying rice husk from local suppliers. Since Lamsan Inc. offered a fair price for what was considered a waste by-product of rice milling, the company did not have a problem in sourcing enough rice husk for its operations.

 

The success of the rice husk- fired boiler gave Lamsan Inc. the confidence to initiate their own biomass cogeneration system in 2008. At this time, Mindanao was already having power supply problems during the summer months. Power costs were also increasing which made self-generation a viable option for the company while at the time accommodating the growing requirement of steam and power as it was expanding its operations.

 

Having had experience from that, Lamsan Power Corporation was then founded. Lamsan Power Corporation is a Department of Energy and ARMM-Regional Board of Investments registered corporation. Its on-going projects include a 1x15mW biomass-fired power plant and a 1x5.5MW/57tph steam cogeneration plant.

 

The 15MW power plant is already a DOE and RBOI registered project. Construction is well under way and is expected to be completed and commissioned by the first quarter of 2016.

 

The 5.5MW/57tph steam cogen plant is undergoing registration with both the DOE and RBOI. It is now under planning, engineering and procurement phase. This project was completed in the first quarter of 2017.