Asea One Power Corp. (AOPC) announced the construction of some waste energy power plants, totaling P3-billion and 25 MW, by 2011. The seven power plants will be located in the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, Antique, Aklan and Guimaras. Range of each plants capacity would be between 2.5 to 5 MW.
Feedstocks from the plant would come from agricultural waste, chiefly: rice stalks, rice husks and wood chips such as sibucao and madre de cacao (Gliricidia), bagasse from muscovado and coconut husks.
The AOPC intends to purchase rice husks at P500 per ton and would consume about 48,000 to 50,000 metric tons of rice husks per year.
[source]
Category: Biomass
