In Malaysia, The Malaysian Reserve newspaper reports the palm oil board believes its smart oil palm mill it is developing in conjunction with Fusionex Group should be completed by the end of 2024 and commissioned in early 2025 but the project is still pending approval from the local council. The new mill will include the […]
In the Ivory Coast, France’s EDF, Meridiam and Biokala, through their joint venture BIOVEA Energie, have awarded TSK a new project in Ivory Coast. This time it is a 46 MW biomass plant located in Aboisso, 100 km east of Abidjan, which will be the largest plant in West Africa fueled by waste from palm […]
In Malaysia, Sime Darby Plantation (SDP published its oil palm genome research that has paved the way for the company to produce significantly more oil palm yield on its existing land. The genome sequence that Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) is sharing is 80% more detailed than any findings that has been publicly available previously and […]
In Malaysia, the New Straits Times reports FGV is looking at how renewable energy such as biogas from oil palm waste for power production can help its post-COVID-19 recovery. Power produced from biogas via gensets would then be supplied to the national grid. Increased export of palm kernel shells for use as biomass to produce […]
In Malaysia, the Malay Mail newspaper reports that the government plans to help smallholder oil palm farmers set up cooperatives in an effort to improve production planning and in turn increase efficiency in the sector. Ten cooperatives have already been set up with seed funding from the national palm oil board but it’s too soon […]
In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post newspaper reports that the president has told oil palm farmers to look at alternative crops such as durian due to the fruit’s better prospects in the market compared to palm oil. Currently the country produces around 46 million metric tons of palm oil annually, making Indonesia the largest producer in […]
In Japan, Green Earth Institute plans to start producing high value chemicals— alanine and valine—from oil palm waste using its technology in a Malaysian trial by 2022 with hopes of partnering with companies such as Sime Darby. Empty fruit bunches will be used but also palm trunks. GEI, started in 2011 with funds from the […]
In Malaysia, Bernama news agency reports that the trade association representing small oil palm farmers is calling on the European Union to reconsider its ban on using palm oil in biodiesel from 2030 saying the ban is invalid and unjustified because of the efforts put into ensuring the sustainability of palm oil. It says the […]
In Malaysia, the primary industries ministry will team with FGV to help small holder farmers achieve the national sustainable palm oil certification. At the moment, only 20% of palm oil production achieves the national certification but the government’s target is for 100% by the end of 2019. To achieve this goal, the government will loop […]
In Indonesia, small oil palm farmers have had enough of the subsidy for oil majors to blend biodiesel with no knock on effects for them, so as a result the main oil palm farmers union SPKS said it is going to sue the government for failing to invest part of the more than $1 billion […]
