Edited With energy generated from renewable sources predicted to be among the major sources of power in the next decade, a company in the Philippines is tackling the challenge head-on and turning trash into a highly prized commodity.
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Biopower is constructing three biomass power stations on Negros, the fourth largest island of the Philippines, with the aim of producing a total of 72 megawatts of green baseload power to feed into the local grid as well as for export to surrounding islands.
The key to this clean, green energy is the waste products from the harvest of the local sugarcane crop, the trash that would previously have been left on the ground once the sugarcane was taken from the fields. The collection of this waste is a crucial part of Biopower’s operation and one they’ve entrusted to Case IH, one of the world’s leading agricultural machinery brands.
“The cane farmers leave the trash after the harvest, and we move into the field with our equipment and collect it, taking it to the power station for burning in a controlled environment to produce electricity,” said Paul Coveny, Vice-President Biomass Operations and Materials Management for Biopower.
With energy generated from renewable sources predicted to be among the major sources of power in the next decade, a company in the Philippines is tackling the challenge head-on and turning trash into a highly prized commodity.
Biopower is constructing three biomass power stations on Negros, the fourth largest island of the Philippines, with the aim of producing a total of 72 megawatts of green baseload power to feed into the local grid as well as for export to surrounding islands.
The key to this clean, green energy is the waste products from the harvest of the local sugarcane crop, the trash that would previously have been left on the ground once the sugarcane was taken from the fields. The collection of this waste is a crucial part of Biopower’s operation and one they’ve entrusted to Case IH, one of the world’s leading agricultural machinery brands.“The cane farmers leave the trash after the harvest, and we move into the field with our equipment and collect it, taking it to the power station for burning in a controlled environment to produce electricity,” said Paul Coveny, Vice-President Biomass Operations and test f
Materials Management for Biopower.
Tractors and other associated machinery need to collect the trash and get it to the power station as quickly and efficiently as possible, Paul said, and Case IH is delivering on every one of these requirements.