InfoQuest News Agency (07 Mar. ’23)
BBGI Biodiesel Company Limited, SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC) and QTC Energy Public Company Limited (QTC) signed a commercial cooperation agreement on oil development and production project. Bio Transformer Oil for the first trial production in Thailand and ready to expand to commercial production. Responding to the BCG (Bio-Circular-Green Economy) economic policy
Mr. Kittipong Limsuwanroj Chief Executive Officer and President of BBGI Public Company Limited (BBGI) revealed that the results of the second phase of bio-transformer oil production trials have successfully expanded production capacity from the laboratory level. and examine important properties of bio-transformer oil such as viscosity, dielectric properties and ignition point The result of the examination passed the transformer oil standard. Along with being tested for use in bio-transformer oil produced in real power transformers, it was found that it could pass the test according to transformer standards as well.
by BBGI and partners ready to sign a cooperation agreement for the production and quality testing of bio-transformer oil products before they are released to the market or Pre-marketing ready to study the investment in the extension of the existing biodiesel plant to extend to commercial production
Mr. Suracha Udomsak, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, SCGC, spoke about this collaboration that SCGC continues to create chemical innovations for sustainability. By adopting circular economy principles and megatrends as guidelines for product and service development. to help propel the industrial economy and improve people’s quality of life Along with taking care of society and the environment according to ESG guidelines.
This collaboration is an open innovation approach where Texplore, a member of the SCGC business group, has brought its expertise in catalyst technology to develop a technology for bio-transformer oil production from by-products. (by product) of the palm oil industry by applying it to BBGI’s production process and leading to practical trials in QTC’s power transformers, which is an important step towards the biomass economy. (Bio-Economy) because it is the first time in Thailand that can produce bio-electric transformer oil domestically. to significantly replace imports
In addition, bio-transformer oil derived from such innovation can also be naturally decomposed (biodegradable), therefore environmentally friendly Does not cause pollution to soil and water. In line with the low carbon economy approach, it is truly sustainable innovation.
Mr. Poonphiphat Tantanasin, Chief Executive Officer of QTC, added that From the preliminary testing of bio-generated transformer oil. It was found that the qualifications were comparable to the manufacturers in the market from abroad. It also has an advantage in terms of viscosity similar to Mineral Oil, which can be used to replace Mineral Oil immediately without having to design a transformer to have characteristics that change from the original standard.
for bio-oil produced in phase With this pre-marketing, QTC will be the first customer who actually buys it and sells it to customers who are interested in environmentally friendly transformers at a special price. Which is expected to be ready for production and distribution by the middle of the year ’23 and is confident that this cooperation reinforces our commitment to business operations along with environmental development.
The bio-transformer oil project is in line with the government’s BCG (Bio-Circular-Green Economy) policy and the measures to promote products made from oil palm by the National Oil Palm Policy Committee that wants to stimulate demand for bio-transformer oil in the country. Thailand This has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for bio-transformer oil. And the first industrial production of bio-transformer oil in Thailand will reduce the cost of electricity transformer production by enterprises from importing from abroad. BBGI and its partners are confident that the bio-transformer oil development and production project will increase the country’s capacity and will add value to the country’s agricultural crops as well as the distribution of income to the community along with sustainable development
By Sasithorn Simaporn