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The EC-ASEAN COGEN Programmes

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These Programmes covered economic co-operation, initiatiated by the European Commission (EC) and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). They were funded by the European Commission.

Three phases of the COGEN Programme were succesfully implemented in the period 1991-2004

COGEN 3 was the third phase of the EC-ASEAN co-operation programme. COGEN 3 was an enlargement both in terms of new member countries within ASEAN and in terms of an expanded range of fuel. Now, in addition to Biomass, also cogeneration technologies for Coal and Gas were promoted. The programme was co-ordinated in ASEAN by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand and in Europe by Carl Bro International AB, Sweden. COGEN 3 started its operation in January 2002 and will continue until December 2004.

The objective of COGEN 3 was to promote and create business opportunities for the use of co-generation to generate power and heat using biomass, coal or gas as fuel. This was achieved through partnerships between ASEAN industries and power producers and European equipment suppliers.

COGEN 3 was supported by a team of experts covering the different aspects of cogeneration. These experts committed to help accelerate the implementation of cogeneration projects.

COGEN 3 acted as a business facilitator serving the cogeneration market in South East Asia, in defining and matchmaking appropriate technology supplied by European Equipment Suppliers to ASEAN end-users. In addition assistance was provided throughout the process to ensure smooth implementation of the projects.

It was completed at the end of December 2004. Follow-up activities, were funded by the European Commission through the EC-ASEAN Energy Facility (EAEF).

Projects

Eco-friendly cogeneration from palm oil residues

1. A cogeneration plant of Kumpulan Guthrie consists of two combined watertube/firetube steam boilers each generating 22.5 T/H at 23 bar (g) and a 2 MW back pressure turbo-generator. The boilers are equipped with dynamic watercooled step grates. The expected pay back period is 5 years after commissioning.

2. With its 14 MWe capacity, the TSH Bio-Energy Sdn Bhd. is the largest palm oil residues fired cogeneration plant in the world. Commissioned in January 2005, the cogeneration plant includes a watertube steam boiler with a capacity of 80 t/h at 66.5 bar (g) and a turbo-alternator with a rated output of 17,500 KVA. The expected pay back period is 4 years after commissioning

Efficient cogeneration from rice husk.

The addition of a new 10-tonnes per hour high quality rice mill to the present parboiling plant at Titi Serong Edar Sdn. Bhd has led the management to invest in the new cogeneration plant. It generates between 700 and 1500 kW of electricity and low pressure steam for the process. The rice husk from the present and new rice mill are used as fuel. The plant was designed to cover the steam and electricity requirements of the whole drying, parboiling and milling complex during the non-drying season; during the drying season supplement electricity will be purchased from the national grid.

Best cogeneration practice in the ASEAN sugar industry

Dan Chang Bio-Energy (DCB) and Phu Khieo Bio-Energy (PKB) are two of the subsidiaries of the Mitr Phol Sugar Group (MPSG). MPSG is the first sugar milling group in South East Asia to have invested in high efficiency cogeneration plants to optimize the energy use of bagasse. The major components of the plant are two boilers with an individual hourly capacity of 120 tonnes of steam at 68 bar (a) and 510 degree C and a 41 MW extraction condensing turbo-generator. The expected pay back period for these two projects is about 5 years after commissioning.

Showing the way for the conversion of municipal solid wastes

A 'Waste-to-Fertiliser and Energy Project' was built by Rayong Municipality to process about 26,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) per year. It is expected to produce 5,100 MWh of electricity yearly, as well as organic fertilizer for the next 20 years. This plant is the first of its kind to be implemented in ASEAN. The biogas plant consists of a pre-treatment plant, an anaerobic digestor and a 625 KW gas cogeneration set.

Cogeneration from wood wastes in the Singapore recycling industry

ECO SWM Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based company, has invested in a 0.53 MW wood waste fired-cogeneration plant in order to cover most of its energy requirements. This plant is composed of a boiler with an hourly capacity of 15 tonnes of steam at 22 bar(a), a 530 kW back pressure turbo-generator and some peripheral equipment.

COGEN Phase II (1995-1998) was a demonstration phase combining technical and business expertise. The purpose of COGEN Phase II was both to demonstrate that proven European Technologies are available to support biomass-based cogeneration in ASEAN countries, and to enhance the EU-ASEAN economic co-operation.

COGEN II focused on 16 Full Scale Demonstration Projects promoting real reference projects using proven biomass-based technologies and directly increased EU-ASEAN economic co-operation by

• approximately 60 million Euro
• contributing 354 MWth/74MWe to the ASEAN energy supply
• avoiding 250,000 tonnes of carbon equivalent/year of emissions
• increasing ASEAN awareness of indigenous biomass resources (up to 6,000 MWe total capacity)
• increasing the availability of European technologies
• increasing European supplier's competitiveness and the European image in the ASEAN market

COGEN Phase I, which took place between 1991 and 1994, was essentially a technically focussed identification phase for what was to become COGEN Phase II.