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| Takli plant | It is well known that Thailand bases its economy on products coming from the agricultural sector (rice, palm oil, sugar, and so on) and for this reason there are many kinds of wastes classified as biomass such as rice husk (available in areas close to our cement plants), palm shell residues, coconut residues, sunflower residues, and others available in the country.
In 2005, after a learning and training programme, Asia Cement plc and Jalaprathan Cement plc - Italcementi Group’s Thai subsidiaries - tested rice husk in the precalciner system. The result was both positive from the operational point of view and cost-effective.
In early 2006 Takli plant installed the first new feeding system for rice husk, which was used to replace coal and lignite by around 5%. The same action was followed five months later by Pukrang plant. As a result, for the whole year 2006 the average biomass utilization rate of both companies grew from zero up to 2%, helping the Thai subsidiaries to comply with the Group’s objective of reducing CO2 emission levels.
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| Pukrang plant, outdoor rice hush storage |
Protection against diffuse emissions |
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