In Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency reported that Malaysia’s Ministry of Plantation and Commodities proposed investing in new technologies and infrastructure to more efficiently convert waste from palm oil production into biomass energy.
Minister of Plantation and Commodities Johari Abdul Ghani said that waste industry materials like empty fruit bunches (EFB), mesocarp fiber, and palm kernel shells could be burned and turned into energy.
The minister emphasized that palm oil mills generate effluent that could be converted into energy through methane capture. Integrating these organic materials into the agricultural cycle creates a closed-loop system, according to the report.
Malaysia, the world’s second largest producer of palm oil, just after Indonesia, has pledged to achieve net-zero by 2050, the report added.
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Tags: biomass energy, Malaysia, Palm oil
Category: Fuels
