Originally posted by Salman:
I will repeat again. Singapore don't use oil or petrol for power
generation you stupid boy! Wake Up and smell the
coffee!
Before you make more 'no brainer,
one-liners' that insult the intelligence of others, try to post
some 'proof and evidence' that you demand from others.
You are in a deep self-delusionary slumber that coffee cannot wake
you, and we have no sympathy for your pathetic 'whining' towards
others.
Can we expect any honesty from you - even to some
2005 facts printed here :-
SINGAPORE POWERSERAYA EYES COAL
CONVERSION PLAN
SINGAPORE, June 30 (Reuters) - PowerSeraya, Singapore's
second-largest power generator, may convert idle,
oil-fired
electricity units to run on coal or other fuels in the face of high
prices, the company head said on Thursday.
The move is part of Singapore's broader effort to reduce its
dependence on fuel oil, the
country's primary source of electricity until the
start of this decade.
State-owned PowerSeraya is in the final stage of a study on
switching 500 to 750 MW of generation -- half its
oil-fired
capacity -- to run on other fuels. It would then be able to switch
between the two fuel sources at will.
"We are not just looking at the switch to coal. It is just one of
the alternative fuel options we are looking at," managing director
Neil McGregor told Reuters.
The company would take another six to 12 months to secure approval
for a change from the Ministry of Environment, which manages
emission standards.
McGregor said the project would cost about S$450 million to S$600
million ($270 million to $360 million), the same as a new 750 MW
dual-fuel combined-cycle generator.
An industry source said PowerSeraya aimed to commission a
coal-powered generator in 2007-2008 if the board approved the
project but the exact date would depend on approval from the
Ministry of Environment.
PowerSeraya, owned by state investment agency Temsasek Holdings
[TEM.UL], and other power generators want to lower costs in a
competitive and oversupplied market. The oil-fired generation capacity, used
only for back-up, is idle because it is more expensive than
combined-cycle units.
About 50 percent of Singapore's capacity is built to run on
fuel oil, diesel and
orimulsion, but 80 percent of daily demand is met from
gas-fired combined-cycle units, industry sources say.
Singapore's total generating capacity is 10,106 megawatts, while
peak demand is around 5,100 MW, government figures show.
PowerSeraya, which has 27 percent of the country's capacity, has
750 MW of combined-cycle generation, 750 MW of new orimulsion-fired
capacity -- commissioned this week -- and 1,600 MW of
oil-fired steam
generation. Oil prices have doubled in the past two years, raising
costs dramatically for oil-fired power producers, but coal
costs have also risen as China's rapidly rising electricity demand
draws in more of the black fuel.
"The (coal) commodity's price has been on the high side this year,
and we will continue to monitor the situation," McGregor said,
adding that PowerSeraya would seek coal from an unnamed nearby
supplier.
Indonesia, Australia, China and South Africa are major coal
exporters to Asia. A switch will not mean a direct reduction in the
company's fuel oil inventories, since it could still hold oil
reserves as back up for gas or coal generation, industry sources
say. Power companies in Singapore are required to stock 45 days of
fuel stocks and ensure suppliers hold another 45 days.
An industry source estimated the company's fuel oil stockpiles for 45 days would
be around 260,000-270,000 tonnes, based on its average operating
rate. McGregor declined to give an estimate of the company's
current fuel oil stocks.
This year, Taiwan halted fuel oil imports as Taiwan Power, the
country's main producer, switched to cheaper fuels such as
liquified natural gas (LNG) and coal.
Your 'no brainer, one-liner'
could be true in 2007 and 2008 - so dream on and delude yourself
until then. . 
"STUPID BOY" - who ? Who ? . .
