Mayur looks to provide clean, cheap energy for power project

THE Government’s policy to ensure 70 per cent of the people have access to electricity in about 10 years’ has been welcomed.
Managing director of Mayur Resources Limited Paul Mulder attended a breakfast hosted by the Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry last Tuesday. The breakfast was to give the company a chance to state its proposal to provide power, and discuss objections, concerns and challenges regarding the project. Mulder after the breakfast said Mayur was adding to the Government policy a cheap, reliable and cleaner energy source.
“But we got an energy path that is not just coal. It is coal, solar, biomass and coal-generated steam – four energy sources. The key here is that we contribute to the Government policy,” he said.
Mulder said the coal in Gulf was very low on sulfur and had very low ash, “even better than what Australia uses for its own energy needs”.
“So the coal that will be used is extremely high quality, and also the technology that the coal is being put into, in the power plant, is also latest technology.
“The two make it a very good outcome for Lae, with far better air emissions than what is currently being emitted.”
According to Mayur, the power generation industry in PNG is characterised by a lack of access to electricity for the majority of the population, and the electricity available is not only expensive but also unreliable.