USES AND BY-PRODUCT UTILIZATIONS – OPIEJ

A Study on the Malaysian Oil Palm Biomass Sector – Supply and Perception of Palm Oil Millers

mpob_admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:02:00 +0000

From 379 palm oil mills in Malaysia that responded to the survey, about 30% or 120 of them were involved in utilising biomass [either empty fruit bunches (EFB) or palm oil mill effluent (POME)] by turning this biomass into EFB fibre, bio-fertiliser or biogas. Nevertheless, some of the millers who have not been involved in ... Read more

Strengthening the Malaysian Palm Oil-based Biodiesel Industry: Solving Current Issues and Impact on CPO Prices

mpob_admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:58:38 +0000

The palm oil-based biodiesel industry can be considered as a ‘golden egg’ of the Malaysian palm oil supply chain. This is due to the role it plays in improving price scenario of crude palm oil (CPO) as well as creating value addition for palm oil products. This benefits all subsectors in the Malaysian palm oil supply chain. Based on the last four years scenario, total additional income received by oil palm growers was RM 20.835 billion. This scenario adds up another RM 61.50/t or 16% in support of fresh fruit bunch (FFB) prices. Meanwhile, under the Bx implementation programme, price of CPO is estimated to increase by RM 13/t if B1 programme implemented were to be. If the production of palm methyl ester (PME) increased to 0.3 million tonnes (B3) the price of CPO is expected to increase by RM 55/t. The aggressive implementation of biodiesel blending at 5% (B5) would result in the price of CPO to increase by RM 120/t. However, although still at infancy stage, the palm oil-based biodiesel industry has already faced a few challenges. These challenges can be either within the oil palm industry itself or outside the industry. The analysis on cost of PME production in 2009 shows that biodiesel industry is still not viable as producers cannot fully recover depreciation in their operation due to the problem of overcapacity. Meanwhile, the main challenge is the implementation of the Bx programme for the local market. It can be a ’key‘ to the success of the Malaysian biodiesel industry in particular and the whole industry in general. Meanwhile, the challenge from outside the market is beyond the control of the industry as it is difficult to be solved. The challenge is related to rules and regulations from importing countries in order to protect their own products. Meanwhile, palm oil industry itself should always produce palm oil products in a sustainable manner at all levels of production to ensure this industry can sustain in the future.

New Revenue Opportunities Arising from the Waste Streams of the Oil Palm Industry

mpob_admin — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:34:18 +0000

Pure Power owns an innovative lignocellulosic conversion technology, which enables lignochemicals to be extracted from non-food based feedstocks and biomass. It can be deployed across a broad spectrum of feedstock resources in plantation forests in the Americas, throughout Asia, and more specifically, in Malaysia and New Zealand. Suitable feedstocks include wood chips from eucalyptus, poplar, mesquite and willow, and especially empty fruit bunches from oil palm. The company’s technology produces new and profitable products for plantation owners, without disrupting the existing and proven methods for growing, harvesting and processing oil palm. The technology allows for the generation of multiple lignochemicals from oil palm waste, enabling owners and operators to diversify their revenue streams. Pure Power’s technology targets the global petrochemical market in providing substitute products based on renewable sources of lignocellulosic biomass, using a proprietary extraction process to produce high value lignochemicals from oil palm waste. Pure Power’s approach is founded on the simple principle of processing hardwood gently, leaving the long polymer molecules intact so that they can be used as chemical building blocks for high value applications.