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BLCP Power station has signed the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) on November 19 , 1997 for the contract term of 25 year

BLCP Power station has signed the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) on November 19 , 1997 for the contract term of 25 year

BLCP POWER STATION IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE ITS COMMERCIAL OPERATION DATES (CODS) FOR THE FIRST UNIT OF 717 MW ON OCTOBER 1, 2006, AND THE SECOND UNIT OF THE SAME CAPACITY ON FEBRUARY 1, 2007.


  • IT IS APPARENT THAT THE STATION COULD LIVE UP ITS COMMITMENT, THANKS TO THE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES. THE COD TIMETABLE IS ALSO NICELY FITTED INTO THE COUNTRY’S POWER DEVELOPMENT PLAN (PDP) TO ENSURE THE SYSTEM STABILITY AND TO KEEP THE RESERVE MARGIN WITHIN THE COUNTRY‘S TARGET POLICY LEVEL.

  • BEING A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT, THE STATION WOULD BE A LOW COST PRODUCER AS MEASURED BY ITS COST PER UNIT VIS-Á-VIS OTHER TYPES OF POWER STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. BASED UPON HISTORICAL PRICE MOVEMENTS OF COAL AND OTHER FUELS IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE STATION’S LOW FUEL COST SHOULD LOWER BLENDED COST, AND PROVIDE GREATER STABILITY INTO THE COUNTRY‘S OVERALL COST STRUCTURE OF TOTAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION.

  • IN ADDITION, THE STATION MAY HELP TO REDUCE THE MAGNITUDE OF DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY RETAIL PRICE HIKE AMID THE CURRENT UPBEAT OF GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET.  LASTLY, THE STATION MAY HELP TO SUPPORT THE COUNTRY’S FUEL DIVERSIFICATION POLICY IN THE FUTURE.

  • FROM THE MINISTRY OF ENERGY’S POLICY TO PROMOTE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AT ALL LEVELS INCLUDING TO SOLVE THE OVERSUPPLY OF CRUDE PALM OIL, BLCP POWER PLANT HAS SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT POLICIES BY PURCHASING B20 DIESEL TOTAL OF 1,367,000 LITERS, AT THE END OF THE YEAR 2019 AND ON 29 APRIL 2020 RESPECTIVELY WITH THE PROPORTION OF BIODIESEL FROM PURE PALM OIL TOTAL OF 273,400 LITERS TO REPLACE THE FUEL USED FOR STARTING UP AND SHUTDOWN OF THE POWER PLANT FROM USING NORMAL DIESEL FUEL.




  • BLCP POWER PLANT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP CONTINUOUSLY WITH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES. IN YEAR 2020, BLCP POWER PLANT HAS BEEN RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AUTHORITY OF THAILAND (IEAT) TO REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION OF RAW WATER IN THE PLANT AT 100% SO FARMERS AND RAYONG RESIDENTS HAVE ENOUGH WATER TO USE DURING THE DROUGHT CRISIS. BLCP POWER PLANT HAS SET UP A PROCESS TO PRODUCE RAW WATER FROM SEA WATER (REVERSE OSMOSIS SEA WATER DESALINATION PLANT OR RO WATER) FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE POWER PLANT ALTHOUGH THE OPERATION WILL HAVE A RELATIVELY HIGHER COST THAN USING RAW WATER. BLCP RECEIVED RAW WATER AT 20,205 CUBIC METERS IN JANUARY 2020 AND 5,054 CUBIC METERS IN FEBRUARY 2020 RESPECTIVELY. FROM 15 FEBRUARY 2020 ONWARDS, BLCP HAS STOP RECEIVING RAW WATER FROM EAST WATER BY USING RO WATER AT 100% TO REPLACE THE RAW WATER USED IN THE ELECTRICITY GENERATION PROCESS INCLUDING FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES AND WATERING THE PLANTS INSIDE THE POWER PLANT. UNTIL NOW, BLCP HAS REDUCED THE USE OF RAW WATER FROM EAST WATER AT ‘ZERO’.