GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has made a name for itself internationally for the second year running after picking up the Asean Clean Tourist City Standard Award recently. State Housing, Local Government and Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the award was presented to him at an event […]

State-owned oil giant Pertamina has produced its first-ever batch of palm oil-based “green diesel” in its refinery in Dumai, Riau. Trial production hit 1,000 barrels per day (bpd) from July 2 to 9, said Pertamina in a statement on July 15. The test proves the Dumai oil refinery is technically capable of producing such a biodiesel.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): Pestech International Bhd is exploring the possibility of participating in waste-to-energy (WTE) development projects in Cu Chi, Vietnam. In a bourse filing, the group said its wholly-owned subsidiary Pestech Power Sdn Bhd (PPW) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TASCO Cu Chi Environmental Ltd (TCC). “The company believes that […]

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PetChem), the petrochemical arm of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), is collaborating with Plastic Energy Ltd, a chemical recycling company, to address plastics waste that cannot be recycled by conventional means in Malaysia. The two inked a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to jointly perform a feasibility study […]

An updated policy on the accreditation of biofuel producers might enable the Philippines to meet the mandated 10-percent blend for gasoline and eventually cut its demand for the fuel, according to the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) and the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Metro Pacific Investments inked a deal with Dole Philippines for the $19.05m project. The Philippines’ Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPI) inked a deal with agricultural producer Dole Philippines, Inc. (DPI) to design, construct, and operate facilities that will process fruit waste and produce around 50,000MWh of biogas. MPI has set aside $19.05m (Php1b) for the […]

MANILA, Philippines — Despite the existing tariff-free agreement within the ASEAN region, the Philippines is now mulling to impose duty on palm oil imports amid the possible dumping of the commodity in the country causing a slump in the prices of coconut. The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now investigating the dumping of palm oil […]

The Philippine Department of Energy (DoE) has tightened biofuels accreditation and reporting requirements, in a move aiming to boost transparency of trade and blending.

A $60mn deal for PIC Group, a subsidiary of Japan’s Marubeni, calls for its operation and maintenance of a waste-to-energy plant in the Philippines, Green Atom Renewable Energy said May 19.

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.