Mackay Green Energy's overseas deals to benefit PH
Renewable energy firm Mackay Green Energy recently disclosed that a growing number of overseas clients has expressed interest in the company’s technology that utilizes bana grass as alternative source of energy. Mackay Green Energy has developed technologies to convert bana grass, a variety of grass that can be converted to fuel found to be superior to fossil-based coal and can be mixed with coal for power generation. “We are planning to expand internationally and export to other countries for their need of biomass and green coal. Present requirement for biomass mostly comes from Korea and Japan,” Rex Jamillarin, Mackay Green Energy Chief Technology Officer said. According to Jamillarin, Korea signed an environmental agreement and has since made moves to require coal-fired power plants to get renewable energy certificate. The same also goes to Japan. “To achieve that renewable energy certificate, coal-fired power plants has to mix biomass with coal in a certain ratio so ...