Aggreko plc, the provider of mobile, modular power, is working with RE Power Group to produce electricity from clean biogas for a facility in Thailand.
Aggreko is delivering 6 MW of biogas-fuelled generator power, providing a flexible, fast, and cost-efficient way of successfully scaling up the biogas project and delivering cleaner energy for the facility and the wider region.
dual feedstock anaerobic digester
The site’s biogas generation gets its feedstock from a tapioca factory. The wastewater and biomass are then captured in Thailand’s first and largest dual feedstock anaerobic digester.
The same tapioca factory has been buying biogas to substitute 18,000 liters/day of heavy fuel oil to dry its starch since August 2018. With a production capacity of 100,000m2 of biogas per day, the opportunity to convert biogas into power at the site is significant.
Reduced greenhouse gases
Aggreko’s tailor-made solution will allow using the waste products to produce clean energy
Throughout the five-year contract, the new power solution is on track to deliver a total reduction of over three million tonnes of greenhouse gases – the equivalent of removing 40,000 cars from circulation. Aggreko’s tailor-made solution will allow RE Power Group and its customer PTR to use its waste products to produce clean energy, with the potential to significantly lower the factory’s electricity cost as a result.
The innovative power package also saves RE Power Group USD 1 million in grid costs annually. In addition to the significant carbon and cost savings, the project is also positively impacting the local community, with 30 people now permanently employed to support the project.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Aggreko is particularly proud of this project as it achieves 15 out of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including clean energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure, and responsible consumption.
Gustaf Godenhielm, Co-Founder of RE Power Group, said, “By partnering with Aggreko, we were able to successfully scale up our operating biogas project by adding power generation capacity in record time and at significantly lower CAPEX than expected."
innovative power solution
Aggreko’s core strengths are flexibility and a rapid response time, which made us a perfect partner"
"Beating our expectations, the gensets arrived in Thailand just three weeks after signing the contract. We’re pleased that the bespoke solution Aggreko has put in place is already bearing fruit and we’re making positive progress towards our carbon reduction targets.”
Bill Carrick, Group Product Director, said, “Two of Aggreko’s core strengths are flexibility and a rapid response time, which made us a perfect partner for RE Power Group to deliver an innovative power solution that met their unique needs."
Clean energy source
“Converting waste gas not only has cost benefits for the customer but also generates a much cleaner energy source for the wider region and has significantly reduced the facility’s carbon emissions."
"We are proud to be supporting such an innovative project which is so closely aligned with the UN’s SDGs, and look forward to continuing our relationship with RE Power Group to deliver both cost and carbon reductions over the coming years.”
Decarbonization
2 MW built-in redundancy is in place due to the fluctuating power demands of the facility
As part of this tailor-made package, a 2 MW built-in redundancy is in place due to the fluctuating power demands of the facility. This will cover all aspects of the project requirements, with a far lower carbon footprint than possible.
This is Aggreko’s second biogas project, reflecting the need for new solutions in an energy market transitioning towards a decarbonized future. Customers are also increasingly seeking greater flexibility from energy suppliers which reduces their reliance on centralized grids.
flexibility
Aggreko’s generators can provide flexibility due to their diversity of fuel sources, as they are compatible with several other gas types including Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), and Associated Petroleum Gas (APG).
Aggreko’s solution has helped RE Power Group to meet the project’s demands six months earlier than their initially chosen CAPEX solution.
