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Malaysia sends palm waste to Italy for cellulosic biofuels tests

Malaysia sends palm waste to Italy for cellulosic biofuels tests

May 30, 2012 |

In Malaysia, twelve tons of waste oil palm tree biomass is en route from Malaysia to a plant in Italy for tests on its suitability for conversion into industrial sugar. Successful results could one day result in commercial scale production of high-value green chemicals from the non-edible residue of Malaysia’s vast oil palm plantations.

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Japanese-Malaysian teams breaks through on palm waste biofuels

Japanese-Malaysian teams breaks through on palm waste biofuels

December 6, 2011 |

In Malaysia, after 10 years of research and collaboration with experts from Japan, researchers at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak have begun producing biofuel from palm ‘sago’ (stem pith) waste. The plant will be opened to the public as an exhibition this month. The project will be expanded next year as pilot trials begin for biodiesel production […]

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Palm waste could be $9.3B business: Malaysian PM

Palm waste could be $9.3B business: Malaysian PM

November 29, 2011 |

In Malaysia, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said in a speech during the launch of BioMalaysia 2011 and the 2011 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial and Bio-Energy that the country could reap major benefits as the world’s largest palm oil exporter due to the tremendous potential to use palm oil waste in high-value industrial […]

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Mission NewEnergy plans palm waste biodiesel plant in Malaysia for 2012

Mission NewEnergy plans palm waste biodiesel plant in Malaysia for 2012

November 14, 2011 |

In Malaysia, Mission NewEnergy is drawing up plans for a waste material processing facility which will draw on palm oil recovered from waste material in the palm oil refining process. The plant, which has received all the necessary government sanctions, is expected to be fully operational at 66,000 tons/year by September of 2012.

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616 small palm waste biorefineries announced for Indonesia

616 small palm waste biorefineries announced for Indonesia

September 21, 2011 |

In Indonesia, PT INKUD Exchange has signed an MOU with Malaysian company Lestari Pasifik Berhad to jointly develop 616 biorefineries in the two countries to process oil palm waste into ethanol during the next five years. The JV’s pilot project will be set up in Sumatra. Lestari Pasifik has a JV with Russian company Arter […]

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Indonesia, Korean researchers to launch palm waste-to-ethanol pilot in 2012

Indonesia, Korean researchers to launch palm waste-to-ethanol pilot in 2012

August 22, 2011 |

In Indonesia, researchers at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences and the Korea International Cooperation Agency said that they expect to launch a pilot plant in 2012 that will produce 10 liters of ethanol per day from oil plan residues. The research team, which began its project in 2007 and expanded last year with a $2.2M […]

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Sime Darby, Mitsui launch Malaysian palm waste biofuel project

Sime Darby, Mitsui launch Malaysian palm waste biofuel project

[ 0 ] January 3, 2011 |

In Malaysia, Sime Darby Plantation and Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, of Japan, have announced a partnership that will produce cellulosic ethanol from up to 1.25 metric tons of palm fruit waste per day, in a pilot-scale project that will produce an estimated 35-50,000 gallons per year of ethanol on an annualized basis and will be […]

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Malaysian Palm Oil Board and Petronas look at palm oil waste as SAF feedstock

Malaysian Palm Oil Board and Petronas look at palm oil waste as SAF feedstock

August 16, 2023 |

In Malaysia, The Star newspaper reports that the palm oil board has teamed up with Petronas to research the possibility of using used cooking oil and palm wastes including palm oil mill effluents (POME) as feedstocks for sustainable aviation fuels. POME volumes pose a challenge for the palm oil industry although some are already used […]

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India goes for B20 in ports as new palm oil waste biodiesel plant comes online

India goes for B20 in ports as new palm oil waste biodiesel plant comes online

June 24, 2015 |

In India, Emami Group has recently set up a 300 ton per day multi-feedstock biodiesel facility at Haldia with Desmet Ballestra. Feedstocks include palm oil residues. The company is working with the government to boost use of biodiesel in ports, railways and across the transport sector who announced up to 20% blending at 12 major […]

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Corn oil, waste oil biodiesel stronger than palm oil: USDA

Corn oil, waste oil biodiesel stronger than palm oil: USDA

December 6, 2011 |

In Washington, the USDA says that palm oil biofuels will have a tough time competing in the American market because corn oil and waste oil biodiesel are cheaper. Though corn oil currently costs $1,300 a ton with palm oil at more than $900 a ton, it won’t take long for US corn ethanol producers to […]

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