By
Lenie Lectura - June 19, 2019
ABSOLUT Distillers Inc.
(ADI) is in talks with the group of Manuel V. Pangilinan to jointly develop
renewable energy (RE), particularly waste-to-energy facility.
“We are talking to
Metro Pacific, also a group owned by [Manuel V. Pangilinan], to jointly develop
in converting our wastewater to energy. They call the company MetPower. This
will complement hand in hand with our acquisition of Central Azucarera Don
Pedro Inc.,” ADI Chief Operating Officer and Head of distillery
operations Gerardo T. Tee said.
The company, he
explained, wants to utilize the distillery’s wastewater and convert this
to a source of energy.
“We want to sell
our wastewater to make it a commodity. We want to be the first distillery, at
least in this region, to make our wastewater a commodity.
Our wastewater has high
biological oxygen demand and that is equivalent to methane gas which can be
converted to energy when you place it in a digester in a bioreactor,” Tee said.
Tee explained that
ADI’s existing bioethanol facility has a digester, an equipment that produces methane
gas which is then fed to its wastewater to metabolize bacteria and reduce
pollution.
The resulting organic
waste has a potential for biogas that can be used to produce
energy. The waste-to-energy facility may have a capacity of 3.5
megawatts (MW).
“These are the
synergies that we can have,” Tee said, referring to Pangilinan group.
ADI is also in talks
with the camp of Pangilinan to rebid for the assets of sugar milling firm
CADP.
“We are talking to MVP
about this. We are trying to rebid because the last bid we submitted was quite
low. Last time—three or four weeks ago—we submitted I think P4 billion
something. I’ve been trying to get CADP for the last two years because it is
just adjacent to my plant. Separated lang kami by a river,” Tee said earlier.
The revised bid is
expected to be submitted this week.
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