Asian Agri Utilizes Palm Oil Industrial Waste as Biogas for PLTBG

According to the Director of PT Asian Agri Freddy Widjaya, his party has established a Biogas plant as one of the solutions for palm oil waste management, which is processed into an alternative green energy in supporting electricity needs.
“The Biogas Plant established by Asian Agri is a form of our responsibility towards environmental sustainability. Rather than merely operating a corporate business, we strive for palm oil processing waste to become beneficial to the environment and to the community,” said Freddy Widjaya in the industrial area of Asian Agri, Pekanbaru, Riau, on Tuesday (15/11/2016).
Freddy explained that in addition to being used to meet the energy needs for the operation of the plant, the electricity generated by Asian Agri’s Biogas can also be used to meet the electricity needs of the community around the plant.
To build the Biogas plant, Asian Agri has invested US$4.7 million. Thus far, Asian Agri has built 5 biogas power stations in Riau, Jambi and North Sumatra, each of which is capable of producing 2 MW of electricity.
For its operational needs, the plant requires approximately 700 Kilo Watt (KW) of electricity; thus, there is an excess of electricity (excess power) of 1.3 MW.
`If a modest home requires 900 watts, then Asian Agri’s excess electricity can be used by more than 7,000 homes, which means that many of the electricity needs of homes can be supported by Asian Agri’s biogas plant,` he concluded.
Asian Agri targets building up to 20 biogas power stations by the year 2020.



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: Pramdia Arhando Julianto


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: M Fajar Marta



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