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MYSTERIOUS: Waste fuel scheme returns - What They Never Told You

The WTE MoU scheme signing is presided over by (from left) Kulit Sombatsiri, permanent secretary to the Energy Ministry, Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Industry Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit and Kobchai Sungsitthisawad, permanent secretary to the Industry Ministry. Yuthana Praiwan

New investors are expected to join the second phase of the waste-to-energy (WTE) scheme between 2022 and 2023, with electricity generation capacity of 600 megawatts, as energy and industry authorities continue to promote refuse-derived fuel after a delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The capacity -- 400MW to be produced by community waste and 200MW by industrial waste -- is based on the revised national alternative energy development plan.

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