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Information about biofuels and bioenergy in Malaysia.
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Events
2009
- 3-6 March 2009, Kuala Lumpur, , Malaysia: Global Sustainable Feedstock, Biofuel and Biochemical Summit 2009 organized by Neoedge Singapore (Themes: food security, cellulosic ethanol, finance, investment)
2008
- 17-20 June 2008, Kuala Lumpur: Biofuels Asia 2008 (Themes: Asia, biofuels)
- 19-20 August 2008, Kuala Lumpur: International Conference on Oil Palm Biomass 2008. (Themes: oil palm, biomass)
2007
- 26-30 August 2007, Kuala Lumpur: PIPOC 2007 - Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) International Palm Oil Congress. (Theme: palm oil)
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Policy
- Biofuel Industrial Bill - a draft law that will regulate the biodiesel industry in Malaysia. It will empower the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) "to issue and revoke biodiesel production and export licences, enable all vehicles in the country to use palm oil-based biodiesel, set a ceiling price, as well as direct petrol stations to sell the green oil to consumers."[1]
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Issues
- Malaysia has a goal for the share of renewable energy to reach 10% of the total by 2010. [1]
- A National Biofuel Policy was announced by the Government in August 2005 to promote development of a biofuels industry in Malaysia.
- The National Biofuel Policy entails a four-prong strategy:
- the production of a biofuel blend of 5% processed palm oil and 95% diesel (or B5),
- encouraging the use of B5 among the public
- establishing an industry standard for palm biodiesel quality
- the setting up of biodiesel plants in Malaysia for exports. (source: MPOB)
- In 2005, the total oil palm planted area increased by 4.5% or 174,000 hectares to 4.0 million hectares, the state of Sabah on Borneo accounted for 30% of the total area. (source: MPOB)
- Production of crude palm oil has been increasing for 7 consecutive years and reached 15.0 million tonnes in 2005. Production growth of 7.1% was mainly attributed to the increase in matured areas, enhanced plantation and mill management, recovery in fresh fruit bunches yield per hectare to 18.88 tonnes and continued improvement in the oil extraction rate (OER) to 20.15%. (Source: MPOB)
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Organizations
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Governmental organizations
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Nongovernmental organizations
- [http://www.foe-malaysia.org.my/ Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) (Friends of the Earth Malaysia)]
- Third World Network
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Industry Organizations/Companies
- Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC)
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News
- Biofuel producers warn EU over "unjustifiably complex" sustainability rules, 7 November 2008 by BusinessGreen: "Eight developing countries have written to the EU warning they will complain to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) if it passes proposed legislation designed to improve the environmental sustainability of biofuels by restricting the types of fuels the bloc imports."
- "The EU is considering legislation that is intended to ban the purchase of biofuels from energy crop plantations that are believed to harm the environment and lead to food shortages by displacing land used for food crops and contributing to rainforest deforestation."
- "[E]ight countries – Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Indonesia and Malaysia – have written to the EU to protest against the proposals" in a letter that "claims that the new rules would 'impose unjustifiably complex requirements on producers' and argues that environmental criteria 'relating to land-use change will impinge disproportionately on developing countries'."[2]
- Biofuels standards challenged by new report on Malaysian Palm Oil , 8 October 2008 by Friends of the Earth UK: "Malaysian palm oil is finding its way into British petrol tanks despite concerns about its carbon balance and the rainforest being destroyed to produce it - according to a new report by Friends of the Earth international."
- "The UK Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA) has reported that Malaysian palm oil being used for fuel in the UK meets a 'qualifying environmental standard', but Friends of the Earth's research reveals it is far from green."
- The FOE report finds that Sarawak state in Malaysia "plans to more than double its 2007 levels of oil palm acreage by 2010....at the expense of tropical forests" and that "companies regularly practice open burning on carbon rich peat soils releasing millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere".[3]
- See the report Malaysian Palm Oil: Green Gold or Green Wash?
- Malaysia, Indonesia to cooperate on biofuels, 5 August 2008 by Reuters: "Malaysia and Indonesia will cooperate in a biofuel development program, and may use the same biofuel specifications and amount of blending, Malaysia's commodities minister said on Tuesday."
- Malaysia reviews proposed biofuel policy amid rising palm oil prices, 12 February 2008, International Herald Tribune: "Malaysia is reviewing plans for mandatory blending of palm oil and diesel for biofuel after prices of the commodity more than doubled in two years".
- "Crude palm oil prices have soared to more than 3,000 ringgit (US$928; €638) a metric ton from about 1,400 ringgit a ton since the National Biofuel Policy was formulated in 2006".
- "Officials have said that oilseeds, jathropha and palm biomass are being explored as cheaper alternatives to palm oil in making biofuels."[5]
- Biofuels and banquets put pressure on stocks of palm oil, 9 January 2008 by the Times Online, reported that "The Malaysian Government has been forced to release emergency stocks of palm oil to break a wave of panic-buying after cooking oil prices soared. The crisis has prompted palm oil rationing in a country that is one of the world’s largest producers."
- Malaysia May Revoke Biofuel Permits as Palm Oil Rises, 11 December 2007, by Bloomberg: "Malaysia, the second-biggest palm oil producer, may revoke some licenses to produce biofuel from the commodity...as the surging price of the raw material makes the fuel too expensive to make, a minister said." The minister also noted that one of Malaysia's four biodiesel manufacturing plants may close in the face of increased prices for the feedstock, which has risen some 55 percent in the past year. A reduction in output by Malaysia could also make it difficult for The European Union to meet its targets for biodiesel use.[6]
- Surging crude palm oil prices: Malaysian biodiesel plans in jeopardy, 25 April 2007 by AFP in the Daily Times (Pakistan), reports that "Surging crude palm oil prices have put a dent in Malaysian ventures to manufacture biodiesel, with licencees dragging their feet to set up factories;" currently, only six of 90 licenced firms are producing palm oil-based biodiesel, as high demand and raw material prices have threatened the financial viability of ventures, especially smaller ones.
- Malaysian company claims 6.48 billion liter ethanol output from Nypa palm in 2009, 10 April 2007 from Greencarcongress.com. A Malaysian company claims that it will be able to produce 6.48 billion liters (1.7 billion gallons) of ethanol from nypa palm sap when its refinery opens in 2009. The company has obtained rights to harvest the sap from 10,000 hectares of palms. Nypa palm has a very high yield of sugar-rich sap, which some studies claim may be able to produce 2-3 times more ethanol/acre then sugarcane.
- Malaysian company to invest 1.4 billion ringgit in ethanol from nypa palm, 5 January 2007 from The Star Online.
- Nippon Oil, Toyota and Petronas to develop Palm-oil biodiesel, 23 October 2006 from Biopact.
- Biofuel to boost palm oil prices, 14 August 2006, by Fin24, reports that Malaysia's Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister stated that biofuel "had created new demand for palm oil which is currently enjoying prices of 1,600 ringgit ($436) per tonne" and that "the first palm biodiesel plant...commenced production and would be officially launched in southern Johor state". [7]
- Grumble in the Jungle 18 June 2006 from the Observer. Palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia threaten orangutans with extinction.
- Grumble in the wrong Jungle 23 June 2006 letter to the editor of the Observer from the Malaysian Palm Oil Council correcting "misrepresentation[s] of the current state of the palm oil industry and efforts taken to protect wildlife, particularly in Malaysia."
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