More Power
Output from new plant added to national electricity grid
The Klongluang power plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Electricity Generating or Egco Group, successfully started its commercial operation to supply electricity to the national grid since July 20. This Egco small power producer (SPP) project will constantly generate more revenue for Egco with its earnings to be realised beginning with the third quarter of this year.
The plant, situated in Klong Nueng subdistrict, Klongluang district, Pathum Thani province, is driven by the cogeneration system and fuelled by natural gas. It has the total installed capacity of 121 megawatts (MW), comprising two gas turbines producing 47MW each and a 27MW stream turbine. It sells its 90MW electricity output to Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) under a 25year power purchase deal, while the rest of the output will be sold to industrial users.
As of July 2017, Egco Group runs 27 operating power plants with total equity contracted capacity of 4,352MW in five countries across Asia Pacific region – Thailand, Laos, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. There are five projects under construction with total equity contracted capacity of 750MW. The company’s power plants generate electricity using diverse fuel sources, including natural gas, coal, biomass, waste, hydro, solar, wind and geothermal.
