TNB in talks with firm to save fuel costs

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) is said to be currently exploring the use of a technology that would enable coal-fired power plants to use high sulphur coal and save the power industry billions of ringgit in fuel cost. 

The process, which involves applying a chemical to crushed coal, is said to lower emissions of pollutants created by the burning of coal and increases the efficiency of the burn. “This GTS technology works on all types of coal and hence offers a large profit margin for the end user. It is fundamentally a pre-combustion technique that offers flexibility in operations, and users do not have to retrofit existing plant facilities to use it,'' said Alpha Beyond Sdn Bhd director Adrian Ooi.