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Waste to Power

In February 2010, Thai-German Carbon Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Sustainable Heat & Power Europe GmbH of Germany, and secured the contract to develop carbon credits for a biogas project in the new Veerachai Nongpong Farm, a large scale pig farm that is currently under construction. This contract with the farm owner VCF Group marks TGC’s first carbon management project just 2 month after its company registration.

The pig manure and barn flushing water will be channeled into the biogas plant where they will be treated anaerobically. Methane which is otherwise released to the atmosphere is captured within the plant. Guascor biogas motors which are to be supplied by Jiamphattana Energy International Co., Ltd., its exclusive distributor for Thailand, will then combust the methane and generate electricity from this regenerative energy source.

The VCF Group, already having one registered CDM project with the UNFCCC, wants to adopt a different business strategy for the new Veerachai Nongpong Farm. In this case, the farm operator has opted to engage TGC for supporting the VCF Group in all aspects from initial conceptualization and project assessment, project validation and verification services to the brokerage of the generated emission reduction certificates.

Setting foot in Thailand

End of 2009 Sustainable Heat & Power Europe GmbH (SHP) has successfully entered the South-East Asian market by forming a joint venture company with Jiamphattana Energy International Co., Ltd. (JE), a leading biogas company in Thailand. The new company which is named Thai-German Carbon (TGC) Co., Ltd. was effectively registered in Thailand in November 2009.

SHP is specialized in the design of small to mid size solar thermal power plants, but also offers consultancy and project management services for various other renewable energies. SHP is present in Spain with its subsidiary company SHP Spain which is also responsible for the South American market. Through the new joint venture in Thailand SHP is now expanding its geographic business range into South-East Asia. SHP will support the built up of local competence and know-how and provide its specialist experience in carbon management to the new company. TGC will be active in the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol and as well as other emission trading schemes. The services of Thai-German Carbon range from initial conceptualization and project assessment, project validation and verification services to the brokerage of the generated emission reduction certificates. JE’s experience in biogas plants, its knowledge of the region and the excellent position with potential customers combined with SHP’s engineering expertise will give TGC great prospects in Thailand.

Megawatt Power at Mekong River

On January 30th 2010, Sustainable Heat & Power Europe GmbH was contracted to execute a pre-feasibility study for a parabolic trough solar power plant in Thailand. This study will comprise of the determination of technical and economical feasibility as well as the conceptualization and optimization of the plant layout. The prospected electrical capacity of the plant is one megawatt and the implementation of a waste heat utilization concept is also foreseen. Besides, SHP Europe GmbH will support the principal during engineering, component selection and project execution.

The contemplated project site is located in the Nong Kai province in the North of Thailand, close to the Thai-Laotian border. Principal of this pioneer project, which is unique in that region, is the Thai SolarGer Energy Company. SolarGer and SHP Europe GmbH intent to jointly pave the way for a number of follow-on projects and lead the whole region towards a more sustainable power generation scheme.

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