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Palm Biomass Insights & Opportunities

This document discusses opportunities for utilizing palm biomass waste from the palm oil industry in Malaysia. It notes that Indonesia and Malaysia are the world's largest palm oil producers. The document outlines various pre-treatment and conversion technologies that can add value to palm biomass waste, such as pelletizing, shredding, and briquetting, which can then be used for bioenergy, biofuels, and biochemicals. It presents estimates that palm biomass revenues could range from 70-2500 RM per ton depending on the downstream application. The document promotes developing a palm biomass supply chain and utilizing the waste for renewable energy production, noting Malaysia's focus on developing biomass conversion for renewable energy. It also describes Global Green

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Palm Biomass Insights & Opportunities

This document discusses opportunities for utilizing palm biomass waste from the palm oil industry in Malaysia. It notes that Indonesia and Malaysia are the world's largest palm oil producers. The document outlines various pre-treatment and conversion technologies that can add value to palm biomass waste, such as pelletizing, shredding, and briquetting, which can then be used for bioenergy, biofuels, and biochemicals. It presents estimates that palm biomass revenues could range from 70-2500 RM per ton depending on the downstream application. The document promotes developing a palm biomass supply chain and utilizing the waste for renewable energy production, noting Malaysia's focus on developing biomass conversion for renewable energy. It also describes Global Green

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Joseph Lim

Global Green Synergy Sdn Bhd

Current Palm Oil Industry


Myth & Facts of Palm Biomass
Biomass Pre-treatment
Cases Sharing
Investment Opportunities

Source: USDA & OIL WORLD 2011

Indonesia and Malaysia are the world's biggest producer of palm oil.
World palm oil production expected reach a record of 50.6 million ton by 2012

PKS Warehouse

A detailed fact-base will drive list of necessary actions to capture waste-to-wealth


opportunity for palm oil industry

Source: MPOB

18

34

47

18

25

46

21

24

41

51

23

21

43

16

21

27

23

38

A
Substitution

B
Harvesting &
Collection

C
Preprocessing

D
Transportation

4 kinds of cost associated with mobilizing solid biomass

Recommendations for the oil palm biomass roadmap & future supply chain
FFB
Trunks,
Fronds

Oil Palm Plantation

Palm Oil Mill

By-Products
&
EFB,
Shells, Fiber
Fronds,
Trunks

securing biomass supply


Biomass Corridor
conceptual zone
Biomass Collection & Pre-treatment Hubs

Bio-Products Category

Future Development

Higher Value Added


Current Value Added
Lower Value Added
Bio Feedstock

Pelletizing

Shredding

Briquetting

Pulverizing
Fermentation
Bio-Energy

Gasification

Pyrolysis

Bio-Fuel

Chemical Conversion
Bio-based
Chemical

Usage of biomass can be value-added from lower value activities to


Higher value bio-energy, biofuels and bio-based chemicals

15-35x

Estimation of revenue potential range from 70-2500 RM per ton (22-835 USD per ton)
Of dry biomass, depending on downstream end use

Use of oil palm biomass for renewable energy


production.
-Oil palm biomass are bio-waste produced after
extracting palm oil & palm kernel from
Oil palm fruit/FFB

Palm Biomass use for the production of RE


Comprises of:(i)Palm fiber-mesocarp
(ii)Palm kernel Shell
(iii)EFB Fiber
(iv) Fiber from OPT & OPF

Malaysia Renewable Energy Consumption

Source: Pusat Tenaga Malaysia

Biomass conversion as Renewable Energy was future focus and develop

Source: MPOB, Conversion 1 kilojoule: 0.2390057 kilocalories

Palm Solid Biomass is an ideal green fuel which substitutes the conventional
Fossil fuels such as coal.

PKS Warehouse

Usage of biomass can be value-added from lower value activities to


Higher value bio-energy, biofuels and bio-based chemicals

Source: ETP,MPOB 2011

GGS EFB Treatment Plant


-Production of Dried Long Fiber
-Additional Revenue to POM
-Technology Transfer
-Buy Back Guarantee Option

Fiber Separating
Equipments

Fiber Drying
Equipments

Fiber Baling
Equipments

1. Biomass Pre-treatment Technologies


i.e., palm pressed fiber production, palm dried long fiber production
briquettes & pellet production, palm kernel shell char production

3. Strong Connection Network


i.e., Wide network to palm oil mills and related organizations
closely associated with MPOB, Biomass SP, POIC and
independent palm oil mills.

3. Process & Supply Chain Optimization


i.e., Invest in process optimization & supply chain optimization personnel
Invest in R&D by engaging international experts in this field.

Process network synthesis & optimization


of palm oil biomass utilization and
Product supply chain synthesis of palm oil
biomass

Feasible Study on Palm Pellet usage


at TNB Power Plant

GGSs Motto
~To Create, To Share, To Love

GGSs Mission

To continuously improve the quality


and creativity on our products and
services, and
To develop innovative and
reliable technology, and
To establish wealth-generated
downstream industries.

Thank You!
Joseph Lim
Managing Director
[email protected]

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