A $1-million environmental assessment study is to be undertaken in Thailand by Monenco Consultants in connection with the proposed development of a surface coal mine and power plant. The project will cost an estimated $2.5 billion.
The study by Monenco’s Calgary-based environmental division relates to a project in Saba Yoi, one of Thailand’s largest lignite coalfields, which could take up to 15 years to complete. The project is part of Thailand’s long-range power development program to cope with a rising demand for electricity.
The study will be funded jointly by the Canadian International Development Agency, the Electrical Generating Authority of Thailand and Monenco; it is scheduled to be completed by the summer of 1992.
Meanwhile, in Indonesia, new coal deposits in the early stages of formation have been uncovered, say a study completed by the Indonesian Directorate for Energy and Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey. The study says there are few known sites where this phenomenon is occurring today. During three summers beginning in 1987, geologists conducted extensive field investigations of the coastal peat swamps of Sumatra and Kalimantan, two Indonesian islands. Geologic models of the natural processes that control the peat deposits were made, and results of this work are being compared with coal deposits in the U.S. and Indonesia.
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