Develop Malaysia, develop palm oil biomass, develop bioenergy: the primer

"If palm oil has been key to the Malaysian economy, palm oil biomass may be key to the next steps", say Dovre Group’s Dr. Ronald Zwart in a detailed national survey

Oil palm biomass

Oil palm plantations in Malaysia cover close to 5 million hectares, out of 16 million worldwide. The plantations yield crude palm oil, palm kernel oil and palm kernel cake – traditional ingredients for a wide variety of food, feed and nonfood products.

Apart from these, a number of other biomass fractions are produced from the palm oil trees,

… Full text: www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2013/07/07/develop-malaysia-develop-palm-oil-biomass-develop-bioenergy-the-primer/

Tags: greenhouse gas emissions, plantations, crude palm oil, palm kernel oil, palm kernel cake, CPO, PKO, food, nonfood, energy demand

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BiofuelsDigest, 2013-07-07.

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BioRenewables, Dovre Group

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