wild places | wild happenings | wild news
make a difference for our wild places

home | links | search the site
  all articles latest | past | articles by topics | search wildnews
wild news on wildsingapore
  Today Online 1 Mar 07
Another 'green' facility in the works
Sheralyn Tay

IN a move to demonstrate the economic benefits of going green, pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough yesterday inked an agreement with TPGS Green Energy to build Singapore's largest tri-generation facility.

Their tri-generation plant — which produces electricity, and in the process converts waste heat to produce steam and chilled water — will not only be 26 per cent more energy efficient than the existing one but will also reduce Schering-Plough's carbon dioxide emissions by 18 kilotons or 24 per cent.

Illustrating the point, Dr Patrick Gyselinck, vice-president for Schering-Plough's global supply chain in Asia, said: "These figures become more meaningful when one considers that a tree absorbs 1.2 tons of carbon dioxide in its 70-year-long life. The annual emission reductions are therefore equivalent to 15,000 trees."

It will also reduce other polluting emissions such as sulphur and nitrogen oxide and other particulates, he added.

These reductions will also open the possibility for selling carbon credits in the carbon market, he said, demonstrating how the investment in green technologies can reap economic gains.

Built at a cost of $18 million, the project has received $1.32 million in seed funding from the National Environment Agency's Innovation for Environmental Sustainability Fund.

The 9.2-megawatt Schering-Plough facility is the second tri-generation plant here and joins Pfizer's 5-megawatt plant. Both will be completed by the end of this year.
links
Schering Plough is also involved in teamseagrass, a volunteer effort to monitor our shores. The staff of Shering Plough monitor the shores opposite their Tuas facility.

Related articles on Singapore: green buildings
about the site | email ria
  News articles are reproduced for non-profit educational purposes.
 

website©ria tan 2003 www.wildsingapore.com