Bangkok--19 Mar--Maxima Consultants
304 Industrial Park joins with the National Power Supply Public Company Limited (NPS), its long-term premier provider of electricity, in planning for ways to ensure that the 110 on-site factories will not be hit by the power shortage crisis expected to result from the maintenance of a gas platform in Myanmar this coming April. While, NPS is also determined at building up on sources of sustainable alternative energy such as bio-mass, to supply the nation’s future power needs.
Mr. Poolsak Sutanthavibul, Executive Vice President of 304 Industrial Park said, ‘In preparation for the expected power outage sometime in April, we are working closely with NPS to secure adequate supply of electricity for the 110 factories on our site in Prachinburi province.
Normally, the power consumption at 304 Industrial Park would take around 150 megawatts while the on-site power generator, NPS, can provide a lot higher than the demand, with its maximum power production capacity of 436 megawatts. Whenever the suspension of gas supply occurs, the site would be ready and production process and operations would not at all be at risk.
Even so, we still encourage some energy-saving measures throughout the site including the area within 5-km radius. Some of the energy-saving programs that have been implemented are Earth Hour project and Energy-Saving Camp. The former encourages the surrounding community to turn off electricity for an hour while the latter aims to educate our children on the importance of natural resources and energy conservation in their respective community.”
Mr. Apichai Sawpitiporn, Senior Executive Vice President of NPS said, “NPS currently operates five power plants in 304 Industrial Park, Prachinburi with a combined capacity of 436 megawatts. The electricity is distributed to the plants on-site and the rest about 215 megawatts is supplied to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).
Since the company has been using two types of fuel, which are alternative fuel such as bio-mass and high-grade clean coal, we are undoubted to give maximum supply of electricity to the factories as well as EGAT without electrical interruption. Moreover, we are planning to increase our capacity by 125 megawatts from palm oil cake, tapioca root stocks, bagasse and other agricultural wastes to respond to the power demand which is on the rise. This biomass power plant is expected to be ready to start operation by next year.’
“As one of the leading producers of energy and renewable energy, NPS is actively searching for alternative energy sources to supplant the limited fuels. We are determined to build up our resources of sustainable alternative energy to supply the future demands and to maintain the country’s energy stability. Besides encouraging farmers to plant the special seedling called Energy-Tree, we are now developing and studying suitability to use Napier grass as one of the biomass fuel to support the generation of sustainable electricity.” Apichai added
304 Industrial Park Prachinburi has a land area of 22.40 square kilometers and is only 110 kilometers from Suvarnabhumi International Airport and 130 kilometers from Laem Chabang deep sea port. The company has recently joined the Ministry of Industry and the Department of Industrial Works on “Eco Industrial Complex” to promote eco-responsible operations to all developed industrial parks for Thailand’s sustainable development.