Philippines to see waste-to-power generation
A $60mn deal for PIC Group, a subsidiary of Japan’s Marubeni, calls for its operation and maintenance of a waste-to-energy plant in the Philippines, Green Atom Renewable Energy said May 19.
Green Atom, which backs renewable energy projects in the Philippines, said PIC Group will provide operational and maintenance support for the 12 MW facility through 2035. The facility is the first of its kind in the country.
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Waste, from organic materials in landfills to diary farm manure, can be used as a source of renewable natural gas that has a variety of end uses. Neither side mentioned the source of the waste for the Philippines power plant.
The nation has been busy adopting cleaner energy options. Last month, Philippines-based Vires Energy received approval from the country's department of energy for the development of its proposed integrated natural gas-fired power plant and LNG terminal project in the province of Batangas.
The company has proposed floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with approximately 162,400 m3 of storage capacity, to be located 1.6 km from the south-eastern coastline of Batangas Bay in Barangay Simlong, Batangas City. The FSRU is a converted LNG tanker, BW Paris, built in 2009 with a regasification capacity of up to 3mn metric tons/year.
Green Atom said PIC Group’s maintenance agreement was effective December 2020.