Doosan Enerbility Challenges Annual Carbon Reduction of 700,000 Tons at Thai Thermal Power Plant

MOU Between Thai State-Owned Oil Company PTT Power Subsidiary
'Ammonia Co-Firing and CCUS Technology Research and Implementation Review'
Joint Research and Feasibility Study Planned Until 2026

Doosan Enerbility is promoting the introduction of carbon reduction technologies such as ammonia co-firing and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) at a thermal power plant in Thailand.

On the 20th, Doosan Enerbility announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on "Joint Research and Review of Introduction of Ammonia Co-firing and CCUS Technologies" with GPSC, a power generation subsidiary of Thailand's state-owned oil company PTT.

Through this agreement, the two companies plan to conduct joint research and feasibility studies by 2026 to apply ammonia co-firing power generation and CCUS technologies at the Gheco-One power plant operated by GPSC in Thailand. In addition, they agreed to establish a comprehensive cooperative relationship for the introduction of carbon-neutral power generation technologies such as small modular reactors (SMR), offshore wind power, and hydrogen.

Applying 20% ammonia co-firing to the 700 MW-class Gheco-One power plant can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 700,000 tons annually, which is equivalent to afforesting more than one-quarter of the area of Bangkok, Thailand.

GPSC Sirimet Ripakhon COO (from left), Lim Sang-jun, Vice Minister of Environment, and Kim Jeong-gwan, Head of Marketing Division at Doosan Enerbility, are posing for a commemorative photo at the agreement ceremony held at the Gecko One power plant site in the Rayong area of southeastern Thailand.
Photo by Doosan Enerbility

The Gheco-One power plant is a project that Doosan Enerbility carried out as an EPC contractor, handling everything from design to main equipment manufacturing, supply, and construction, completed in 2012.

Im Sang-jun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Environment, who attended the signing ceremony, said, "We will actively support the spread of carbon-neutral related technologies owned by Korean companies throughout Southeast Asia, including Thailand."

Kim Jeong-gwan, Head of Doosan Enerbility Division, said, "Starting with this agreement, we expect active cooperation on Doosan's various carbon reduction technologies."

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