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EPP 5
Methane gas released during the treatment of palm oil mill
effluent (POME) waste, a by-product of the milling process, is
a greenhouse gas (GHG) that contributes to global warming by
trapping more heat than carbon dioxide.
To mitigate this release of greenhouse gases, EPP 5 aims to
encourage more mills to capture methane gas to generate
electricity and in turn be more environmentally friendly. The
energy generated can be sold to the national grid or used by mills
internally. Other benefits include a compliance with the 35 per
cent GHG emission savings requirement for biodiesel under the
EU Renewable Energy Directive, allowing greater market access in
the European market.
Achievements
Exhibit 5.10
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Biogas Development at Mills in 2011
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Number of mills
Developing Biogas at Palm Oil Mills
As at December 2011, 48 biogas plants have been completed and
are operational of which two plants are connected to the grid.
A total of 21 biogas plants at mills are under construction and
another 46 mills have begun planning to construct biogas plants
at their respective mills.
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Moving Forward
Completed Under construction Planning stage
In December 2011, the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) programme was
introduced, with attractive energy incentives for biogas producers
to sell electricity to Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) via connection
to the national grid. The MPOB will identify mills with completed
biogas plants that are suitable for grid connections together
with TNB to accelerate the use of green energy in Malaysia.
This collaboration underlines the commitment of Malaysia to
renewable sources of energy from the oil palm industry.
In the coming year, MPOB will also be focussing on the completion
of the 21 mills with biogas plants under construction and the
materialisation of the planned additional 46 biogas plants by
providing technology and advisory services to the respective mills.
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