The new energy-from-waste facility has the capacity to produce 20 tons per hour of process steam, providing a sustainable solution to its customers.
The Sembcorp woodchip boiler plant provides process steam to commercial customers on Jurong Island, using waste wood collected and processed by the company’s solid waste collection business.
Sembcorp’s solid waste management unit collects and recovers recyclables, timber, hardcore and fines from industrial and commercial waste as well as construction and demolition waste.
The plant is designed as per the to the Green Mark Gold standard of Building and Construction Authority, incorporating natural ventilation and lighting, solar power and the use of recycled building material.
The second phase of the facility will be completed in the second half of next year, and upon completion, the facility will be able to produce a total of 60 tons per hour of steam.
Together, both boilers are estimated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 70,000 tons a year, the company said.
Sembcorp, in addition, will be developing two new energy-from-waste boilers on Jurong Island.
