News Forum - Thailand to make jet fuel from the nation’s used cooking oil

[Thaiger]

A project to make aviation fuel from used cooking oil in Thailand is receiving a 10 billion baht investment, according to petroleum company Bangchak Corporation Plc (BCP). If all goes to plan, the product could be available to buy as soon as Q4, 2024. Yesterday, officials from three companies – BCP, BBGI Plc and Thanachok Oil Light Co – signed the paperwork to make their dream of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a reality. BCP will hold a 51% stake in the venture, Thanachok Oil Light will hold 29% and BBGI will hold 20%. For the venture to be successful, it […]

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[Chatogaster]

1 hour ago, Thaiger said:

 

The food industry produces around 17 million litres of used cooking oil every month, enough to produce 1,000 litres of bio-jet fuel per day.

 

 

Interesting idea, but worth some skepticism (since the numbers as stated don't make much sense).

1,000 liters/day is at most 0.5% of the daily consumption by the Thai aviation industry, so not even close to having a noticeable impact. That raises the question if more useful (oil-)waste can be found or generated.

For example, a huge amount of subsidies could enable the food industry to snare many more customers (thereby upping bio-production). Then again, that would increase carbon emissions because the oil is used for cooking, which requires gas/coal/…, especially if people heat up the left-overs at home.

A very much more effective use of the food sector would be to cause & sustain a global food-poisoning spree, as that would reduce the daily consumption of jet fuel significantly.
 

 

[Janneman]

Effective yea. But 17.000.000 liters of used cooking oil makes 30.000 liters of jet oil? 

[DoUKnowWhoIAm]

Recycling is the future, that's for sure.

[HolyCowCm]

Get richer by scooping/funnels funds off the top scheme? Sounds great until you think k about it more and what the impact would truly be. 

[HiuMak]

renewable energy is upcoming.  

[Bill_Koomers]

AKA trying to make certain that no one is cheaply making their own bio diesel at home, to skirt the ridiculous fuel station prices they're gouging everyone with. 

[Fanta]

So the BKK restaurants and food vendors will now have somewhere legal to dump their waste oil? The BKK governor should give every food vendor a govt approved waste oil container that is emptied daily into a oil truck that runs on biodiesel. The tree huggers and some tourists would love it.

[KaptainRob]

Friend of mine in Aus with an old Landcruiser ran it on a mix of diesel, used engine oil and cooking oil, you could smell fish and chips once the black smoke cleared.

 

[Cabra]

Better than dumping it into the sewers 

[TWS60]

34 minutes ago, Cabra said:

Better than dumping it into the sewers 

Right, when I read the article here the other day about government targeting food stall vendors for dumping used cooking oil into city drainage, I thought why not a privatized program to collect the oil and spawn a new micro-industry for low-skilled Thais to earn a few Baht.  The old boys are already out all over towns and moo baans collecting OOC appliances, and whatever else they can get their hands on to recycle for a bit of cash.  

"Recycling our used cooking oil is common practice across many of our markets, however in the UK, Switzerland and the Netherlands we are working to close the loop and create a circular solution for cooking oil."

McDonalds Recycles Used Cooking Oil

^ Placed as a link to quoted article, didn't work.

Edited September 2, 2022 by TWS60
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