In Malaysia, biomass power project developer RAW Power, a RAW Energy Group company, and global bioenergy technology major DP CleanTech Co. Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop biomass power generation and related energy projects in Sarawak.
The agreement combines DP’s three decades of experience in designing and delivering over 300 biomass combustion projects coupled with RAW Energy’s fifteen years of growing Hybrid Tropical Grass (HTG), a sustainable, high yielding, short carbon cycle energy feedstock which is produced into carbon-negative solid fuels, biofuels and/ or used for sustainable energy production.
The integration of Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) into the biomass plant is increasingly an important development that is being considered by end users.
These joint RAW Power – DP planned projects will enable Sarawak to ‘grow its own energy’ and supply carbon-negative electricity to government assets, corporate customers, and data centres, and recover and utilise the biogenic carbon dioxide (bioCO2).
The government and businesses in Sarawak are exploring HTG-fed biomass power plants that can provide outputs ranging from 50-400 MWe and can provide a scalable and replicable green energy solution. The benefits of our HTG feedstock coupled with cutting-edge technology from DP exemplify our vision of creating carbon-negative energy solutions rooted in natural, scalable, sustainable processes and setting benchmarks for renewable energy solutions globally, said Ramsay Wilson, CEO of RAW Energy Group.
According to DP CleanTech, an innovative aspect of the agreement involves the alignment of interests between stakeholders to share design and development risks.
This approach uses an open book policy and focuses on collaborative decision-making to minimize costs related to consultancy, legal fees, and negotiations, aiming for efficient delivery of suitable plants.
The project development process has become increasingly prolonged and costly for developers and suppliers. The collaborative model seeks to improve the process for faster and better outcomes for all stakeholders, and RAW Power’s adoption of this approach will help to achieve shared objectives of sustainable biomass development in the region, commented Simon Parker, CEO of DP CleanTech Group.
