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.