As the world seeks to devise technological solutions for sustainable energy production and ways to combat the threat of climate change, an important topic emerging within this area is bioenergy. Bioenergy is renewable energy produced by living organisms, and photosystems found in plants, cyanobacteria, algae, and other living organisms are promising sources for bioenergy harvesting […]

SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) launched a S$1.76 million food waste fund on Thursday (May 7) as part of its efforts to tackle climate change. The fund aims to help organisations subsidise the cost of installing food waste treatments solutions. Capped at S$100,000 per applicant, it will cover the capital cost of waste treatment systems, accompanying equipment like […]

JAKARTA: Indonesia is likely to delay plans to raise bio-content in palm oil-based biodiesel to 40%, and keep going with an already ambitious 30% content, a senior official said, amid speculation that low crude prices could force a government re-think. The biodiesel programme is a key part of the government’s strategy to soak up excess supplies […]

Before decisions regarding organizational regulations and work procedures of the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Steering Committee could even be made, the coordinating ministry for the economy was facing a new task closely related to the matter of palm oil.

India has suspended 39 licences to import 452,303 tonnes of refined palm oil after a surge in duty-free purchases from neighbours such as Nepal and Bangladesh which are not key producers, government and trade sources told Reuters. The suspension could reduce India’s palm oil imports in the next few months and pressure Malaysian palm oil futures […]

The Energy Ministry has ordered the Energy Business Department to discuss with Thai oil traders the prospect of using blockchain to facilitate palm oil trade. A blockchain system would cut out the middleman between palm planters and palm oil mills, in theory allowing planters to sell the commodity at higher prices.

Singapore — The Philippines’ Department of Energy, or DOE, said there is no official suspension of the country’s bioethanol blending program with gasoline products after local media reported that the Independent Philippine Petroleum Companies Association is supporting the possible suspension of the mandate to divert the production of ethanol for hand sanitizers.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Reuters) – Travel restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, are causing labour shortages at Malaysia’s palm plantations, officials said. The world’s second-biggest palm oil producer relies on foreigners for 70% of its plantation workforce, drawing mainly from neighbouring Indonesia and from South Asian countries. […]

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Malaysia has resumed crude palm oil (CPO) exports to India as the latter has started buying the commodity again from Malaysia after barring such imports in recent months. In a statement today, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali said the country expects India’s June and July 2020 purchasing contracts […]

The biogas project of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) with Dole Philippines Inc. has received a subsidy from the Japanese government, the first in the country to secure such assistance from its Asian counterpart. In a disclosure, the Pangilinan-led company said the biogas project of MPIC’s wholly owned subsidiary METPower Ventrue Partners  Holdings Inc. (METPower) […]