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Gasification is a process that converts carbonaceous materials, such as coal, petroleum, biofuel, or biomass, into carbon monoxide and

In 1981, the government has announced the 4th fuel diversification policy which includes water, oil, gas and coal to generate electricity in the country. To further diversify the energy sources, the Government is promoting biomass as a new energy source (fifth energy) which is renewable and also environment friendly. 
 

Renewable energy (RE) Feed-in Tariff (FiT) is a mechanism that allows electricity that is produced from RE resources to be sold to power utilities at a fixed premium price and for a specific duration. A Feed-in Tariff Law has proven to be the best available mechanism for accelerating the uptake of renewable energy in grid-connected areas. Furthermore, a good FiT system is a truly democratic policy because:

The National Biofuel Policy encourage the use of biofuels in line with the nation's Five-Fuel Diversification Policy. It spells out a comprehensive framework with concrete incentives in line with the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to which Malaysia is a party. Malaysia has a potential to lead the way in biofuels production capitalising on it vast production of agricaltural products and by-products.
 
The National Biofuel Policy sets the platform for attainment of the following objectives:

To fight the global phenomenon that is climate change, two major agreements have been adopted by the international community, the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, adopted in 1992 in Rio, and more recently, the Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997.
 

Combined Heat and Power (CHP): Traditionally, the palm fruit fibres from the presses and the palm kernel shell are used as fuel in the palm oil mill boilers.

Very often, boilers in palm oil mills were porposely designed to be inefficient so that operators can burn more biomass fuels and mitigate the problems of having to dispose the palm oil biomass wastes.

Was directed to this site by SOL-Lite Malaysia as I intend to convert my house using solar system. My Question to them was if I have access solar energy would the access be pump back into the grid to reverse the meter charge or not as it involves TNB. They said that you guy are in charge on this but could only find references to palm usage. Am staying in Malaysia.

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Richard

The use of EFB as fuel for power generation has created a new potential business opportunity in the palm oil industry. However, there are major technical issues faced in the utilization of EFB for power generation as;

1. Improper fuel preparation: EFB has high moiture and alkali contents. Appropriate fuel preparations as well as good design of the combustion furnace are critical for the efficiency combustion of EFB. The size and moisture of the EFB fuel are amongst the important parameters for the design.

A 60 t/hr mill processes about 282,000 tonnes of FFB annually. This palm oil mill has potential to produce about 960 m³ of biogas per hour and 1.4 MWe using gas engines. In the case of the EFB biomass boiler/steam turbine system, the overall plant efficiency would rise to about 24% if biogas is used as co-firing system. To avoid corrosion of the engine, the pre-treatment of biogas is assential to remove the H₂S.

"Teknologi Hijau adalah aplikasi teknologi moden dalam memulihara sumber dan alam sekitar disamping berkesan mengawal kesan negatif pencemaran akibat aktiviti manusia. Disebabkan itu, penggunaan teknologi ini amat diperlukan buat masa sekarang dan masysrakat turut diminta supaya lebih perihatin terhadap penggunaan tenaga terutama elektrik kerana bukanlah suatu yang murah serta melibatkan pengorbanan yang besar." Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui, Menteri, Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air.