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Sustainability Report 2020
RATCH Group PCL.
The innovation reduces fossil fuel consumption per a unit of electricity about 300 BTU/kilowatt- hour, or 4 percent of fuel saving compared to other SPPs. Meanwhile, the peak and off-peak plant efficiency stays at 47.05 percent, above the average rate of SPPs at 42.92 percent. The Equivalent Availability Factor is at 98.75 percent, against the 89.97 percent average EAF of SPPs. RATCH is registering the innovation with the Department of Intellectual Property and plans to install the technology at RATCH Cogeneration Power Plant’s extension phase to minimize heat rate and GHG emissions per kilowatt-hour.
RATCH wins Best Innovative Company Award at the Stock Exchange of Thailand’s SET Awards 2020, through the 3-combined generation system at Berkprai Cogeneration Power Plant that includes
gas turbine, steam turbine and gas engine. It is the first innovation of Thailand’s SPP industry.
Raise electricity generation from renewable energy
In 2020, RATCH’s equity installed capacity successfully invested 1,174.68 MW increasing portion of equity capacity from renewable accounted to 14.4 percent (of 8,174 MW equity capacity) against the new 25 percent target set for 2025. The electric power generated by renewable energy in 2020 totaled 4.94 million megawatt-hour, 10 percent from domestic power plants and 90 percent from the overseas power plants including Lao PDR, Indonesia and Australia (48 percent, 25 percent and 17 percent, respectively). The renewable energy reduced GHG by 1,225,787 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Electric power generated from renewable sources in 2020
In 2020, the two renewable power plants below with 376.74-MW combined equity capacity which currently conducts grid compliance test are able to generate 1.18 million megawatt-hour per year. It is estimated that the two projects will reduce GHG by 874,455 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
2023
Renewable capacity target of Total capacity target
2025
20% 10,000 MW 25%