Smart Operating
GC has adopted innovative technologies to design, develop and improve its production processes in order to align it with the principles of circular economy. By maximizing resource efficiency, utilizing renewable energy to mitigate the impacts of climate change, and stabilizing the production processes in the past year, GC has developed of business operation in accordance to ‘smart operating’. This includes
Examples of the Energy Conservation Projects
Gas Turbine Generator and the Heat Recovery Steam Generator project to enhance the overall efficiency in electricity generation of Utilites Plant and lower fuel consumption in production.
Reduction of Energy Consumption
GJ per year
Reduction of GHG Emissions
tons CO2 equivalent per year
Reduction of Costs
million baht per year
Enhancement on Energy Efficiency of Steam Production is project that has performed a feasibility study of raising steam capacity to expand the production capacity to match with the upcoming potentials of the energy production. This has reduced the use of fossil fuel in the steam generation.
Reduction of Energy Consumption
GJ per year
Reduction of GHG Emissions
tons CO2 equivalent per year
Reduction of Costs
million baht per year
Energy Conservation Programs
Read moreAlternative Energy Project
GC has installed the solar rooftop system with total generation 2 megawatts to generate electricity for internal use. The system can generate a maximum electricity of 480 kilowatt-hours/day.
Generate a maximum electricity of
kilowatt-hours/day
Invested the installation
million THB
Reduced energy consumption
GJ per year
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by
tons CO2 equivalent per year
Reduced energy purchased cost
bath per year
Renewable Energy Programs
Read morePollution and Waste Reduction Projects
GC has collaborated with PTT Innovation Institute to design and develop a small scale and lightweight heat exchanger which can be installed in the limitation area. After implementation, GC able to recover and reuse more hydrocarbon in exhausted gas from the production lines.
Exhausted gas from the production lines by
tons per year
Reduced GHG emissions by
tons CO2 equivalent per year
Reduction of Costs
million THB
GC has set up the Green Turnaround Management Approach by focusing on reduction of waste to achieve zero waste to landfill. In 2021, this projects reduced waste disposal 4,410 tons, equivalent to costs 14.6 million baht, also reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 11 tons CO2 equivalent.
Reduced waste disposal
tons
Reduced GHG emissions by
tons CO2 equivalent per year
Reduced waste disposal cost by over
million baht
Reusing Waste as Alternative Raw Material
Using Mercury waste from the Aromatics and Refinery plants as raw material for medical equipment production.
Promoting and encouraging employees to segregate waste in office, e.g. segregating plastic, glass, and paper waste for recycling and segregating food waste to be used as animal feed by the surrounding community, etc.
Installing Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) and Wastewater Reverse Osmosis (WWRO) systems to monitor and improve wastewater quality discharged from wastewater treatment system to ensure that the discharged amount can be used and reentered in the operating process.
Reusing off gas from Aromatics Plants, i.e. ethane, propane, butane, as substrate for olefins plants instead of flaring for over 157,000 tons per year.
To utilize Fine polymer as recycle raw materials in manufacturing. This results in reduce consumption of Styrene monomer as a raw material in manufacturing process, and increase yield for more than 96%.
Increase Tail Gas value as raw material for Crackling Heaters and Oleflex Heaters at the Olefins Plant, which can reduce a flare loss of up to 648,000 Nm3
Reduction of Dependence on Limited Resources
We employ innovation to manage our water supply in order to maximize the circulation of water in the system by reutilizing water and ultimately eliminating wastewater discharge. In 2021, GC recycled and reused water within the process 24.49% of total water withdrawal.
Reduced freshwater withdrawal by
million m3