TEXCYCL (0089) TEX CYCLE TECHNOLOGY (M) BHD: The Hidden Gem for the renewable energy/solar plant
When Joe Biden, (the new elect of president of United States) won the presidential election in early November, some of the Clean Energy listed company had been rally aggressively. The company include Samaiden, Solarvest, Cypack, D & O and etc had shown significant of price movement. This is because JOE BIDEN is going to implement clean energy with the huge investment up to year 2035.
One company that most of the investor had been left out is Texcycle.
Texcycle had some excited corporate news which have annouce recently:
On July 9, Tex Cycle announced that its 60%-owned subsidiary Pakar B2E Sdn Bhd had received the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) approval from the Sustainable Energy Development Authority for its renewable electrical energy power plant (REEP) in the Gurun Industrial Area in Kedah.
For clarity, a Feed-in Approval (FiA) is needed to sell renewable energy in Malaysia at the FiT rate, which in this case is 37.84sen/kWh.
Thirty per cent of Pakar B2E is held by Pakar Go Green Sdn Bhd, a biochar industry expert, and the remaining 10% by KLPK Niaga Sdn Bhd, the plantation arm of the Kedah State Economic Development Corporation.
“The FiT certificate allows us to export 4mw of power to the national grid, and currently we are applying for the Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement (REPPA) with Tenaga Nasional Bhd.
“We are confident about moving ahead, as we have the backing of the state government. In fact, we met the menteri besar of Kedah [Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor], and he was very supportive of this whole project, and he even asked us to try to speed up the project as soon as possible, as it is going to be a state-of-the-art biomass-to-energy plant in Kedah,” says Dass.
Meanwhile, the group’s REEP in Telok Gong, Klang, is expected to commence operations by year-end, after a few delays. Tex Cycle had successfully installed a REEP on its own site in Telok Gong and was almost ready to generate electricity from decontaminated biomass and supply it to Tenaga Nasional’s grid.
It faced a setback in April last year, however, when the Department of Environment (DOE) requested that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under the Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Order 2015 be done on the REEP.
“We have engaged with the DOE and we have got approval to do a test run, from July 1 to Nov 30, which is currently in progress, to ensure that our system is up and ready. At the same time, we are also conducting the EIA. Once this is done, we can start running the plant, and we will make an announcement when that happens,” says Dass.
Apart from its biomass-to-energy initiative, the group has also made a foray into solar energy.
On May 13, the group’s 70%-owned subsidiary EFS MySolar Sdn Bhd (formerly known as TC Champ Sdn Bhd) entered into a share sale agreement with EFS Revision Energy Sdn Bhd for the acquisition of Revision Solar Sdn Bhd.
Revision Solar is an FiA holder with a solar photovoltaic plant in Penang under the Malaysia FiT Programme that has an RE Power Purchase Agreement with Tenaga Nasional for 21 years.
Dass acknowledges that the solar energy market in Malaysia is competitive, with many companies venturing into the space, but adds that Tex Cycle is able to hold its own.
“Of course, it is competitive, but we also have our strengths. For us, our foray into solar is focused on the net energy metering scheme, where companies that are our customers can save on their electricity bills via solar energy generated from their rooftops. We have even installed solar panels on our own facility’s rooftop, where we saw effective savings of 40% of our annual electricity costs, which is a boon for businesses that require high electricity usage, such as ours,” he says.
Besides its recent acquisition of Revision Solar, Tex Cycle is also acquiring other companies that are FiA holders.
“We are looking to grow this part of the business as well, with the acquisition of more FiT [solar] plants. Another area in solar energy that we are interested in is the large-scale solar projects,” Dass says.
Recycling medical waste in the UK
Tex Cycle previously announced its plans to undertake REEP projects in the UK with local firm Culzean Generation Ltd via a 50:50 joint venture company called Culzean W2E Ltd. Tex Cycle chief financial officer Geraldine Hii Siaw Wei says, however, that the roll-out of the projects has been held up by the coronavirus outbreak.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a delay to our waste-to-energy projects. On the other hand, the pandemic has brought about a new waste management business proposal for us, because the medical waste there needs to be disposed of.
“We have already started engaging with industry players on managing their medical waste. There is a demand for this service because of Covid-19, and the government is also encouraging players to (manage waste),” says Hii, who is also a director at Culzean W2E.
On July 13, Tex Cycle announced that Culzean W2E had entered into a memorandum of understanding with Medisort Ltd to work together to set up a facility to process 3,200 tonnes of medical and clinical waste a year via a high-temperature incinerator.
“This is a mini kind of incineration system that is pegged together with pollution control systems to ensure that we meet emission standards. It will also be located closer to the source [of the waste] so that we can save costs on transportation,” Hii says.
In Malaysia, the group does not have a licence to treat medical waste, nor does it have an incineration licence. Nevertheless, if its UK venture succeeds, Tex Cycle says it will employ the business model not only in Malaysia but also in neighbouring countries.
https://klse.i3investor.com/blogs/wwwtexmatcom/2020-11-30-story-h1537329825-TEXCYCLE_0089_The_Hidden_Gem_for_the_renewable_energy_solar_plant.jsp
