KUALA LUMPUR: World’s dominant palm oil producers, Indonesia and Malaysia contribute 87 per cent of the global supply — creating a duopoly market of the most versatile edible oil. Indonesia produces 33 million tonnes of the commodity annually, while Malaysia 19.5 million tonnes. Other players are Thailand, Columbia and Nigeria. Palm oil contributes approximately one-fifth […]

MALAYSIA’S mammoth palm oil sector faces a new threat after Indian traders were asked to halt purchases amid a diplomatic row over Kashmir, piling further pressure on the industry as Europe also plans cutbacks. The South-east Asian nation is the second-biggest producer of the oil after Indonesia, used in everything from food to cosmetics, in […]

BANGI, Oct 22 — The Ministry of Primary Industries has urged the Solvent Extractors’ Association (SEA) of India not to deter its members from importing Malaysian palm oil over remarks on New Delhi’s action in disputed Kashmir. Its minister, Teresa Kok said while Malaysia is trying to understand the underlying sentiment associated with SEA’s advisory, […]

The Sound – Light or “S-Light” was created by “Team Voltage 5” composed of Grade 11 students Kirsten Dianne Delmo, Nico Andrei Serrato, Joecile Faith Monana, Frelean Faith Engallado, and Raphael Francis Dequilla. While electricity is normally used to power up speakers, this invention reverses that process and uses sound and converts it to electricity. […]

[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s energy ministry allocated 9.59 million kilolitres of unblended biodiesel for its mandatory biofuel programme in 2020, a ministerial decree released on Friday showed. That is 45 per cent higher compared with the 6.63 million kilolitres allocation for this year. President Joko Widodo has proposed starting mandatory use of palm-based biodiesel with 30 per cent […]

HCM City (VNA) – The Tam Sinh Nghia Investment Development JSC on October 16 kicked off construction on a waste-to-energy plant with a daily capacity of 2,000 tonnes of waste at the Tay Bac Solid Waste Treatment Complex in Cu Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City. To be built at a cost of 5 trillion VND (216.58 million USD), the […]

THE government plans to increase the demand for palm oil as much as 500,000 tonnes per year, which would lead to the implementation of biodiesel B20 (a blend of 20% palm oil and 80% fossil fuel) at the end of 2020. Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia president S Piarapakaran said the use of […]

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is considering restricting imports of some products from Malaysia including palm oil, according to government and industry sources, in reaction to the Southeast Asian country’s leader criticizing New Delhi for its actions in Kashmir. India is looking for ways to limit palm oil imports and may place restrictions on other […]

METRO Clark Waste Management Corp. (MCWM), operator of the country’s first and only engineered sanitary landfill, said it is eyeing to start constructing next year its $210-million waste-to-energy facility in New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac as part of its efforts in venturing into renewable energy generation in the Philippines. MCWM President Rufo Colayco said […]

The government plans to issue operating licences for community waste power projects for a combined 400 megawatts of new power capacity during 2019-20. Wattanapong Kurovat, director-general of the Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo), said the office is the project’s coordinator, working closely with the Interior Ministry and the private sector. “We are conducting a […]