International
Asian Biomass Center
 The National Science and Technology Development Agency (“NSTDA”) and REI International have engaged in a cooperative effort to develop the Asian Biomass Center into a “world class” international research, development, demonstration and testing site for promising biomass conversion technologies. Similar to RETC, the Asian Biomass Center will provide 3rd party verification of emerging renewable resource processes, ideal suited for remote and rural applications, with a specific emphasis on those applications ideally adaptable for Asia’s climate and infrastructure. Renewable resource technologies will include processes for the efficient, economical, and clean production of renewable energy, fuels, and materials from varying sources of biomass. It is the goal that these activities, in an effort to provide maximum credibility and social benefit, will be carried out in collaboration with government, private industry, academic organizations and research institutes.
The NSTDA endeavors to serve the scientific and technical interests of the citizens, corporations, and government agencies of Thailand. NSTDA launched the Asian Biomass Center in March 2006 in order to address the energy, economic, and environmental needs of its rural communities through the use of their most plentiful resource. The overall objective of the Asian Biomass Center is to create an effective research laboratory capability to improve the quantity and quality of appropriate information on renewable energy technologies through the promotion of high quality research, testing and demonstration. The Center will also provide potential investors and customer’s accurate unbiased information on real world performance of emerging renewable resource technologies.
A successful Asian Biomass Center will provide substantial local, regional, national, and worldwide public benefits in the form of responsible energy generation, new business development, economic growth, educational outreach and environmental stewardship. The Center will provide an economic, independent “UL Type” testing laboratory for evaluating the effectiveness of potential biomass to energy and fuel conversion technologies, to be made available for use by its Thai constituents as well as with its local, national, regional and international stakeholders. The Asian Biomass Center will perform validation of renewable energy technologies using “state-of-the-art” testing equipment operated by scientific and engineering experts. Testing services will include energy and mass balance measurements; air, water and solid waste environmental measurements; safety evaluations; thermodynamic and thermochemical analyses; and system process analysis.
Links: Press release, Letter of Support, Article from Bangkok Press, Letter from HM the King, Posters, MOU
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