Sustainable palm: the future of Indonesian palm oil production and trade
Sustainability is perhaps the biggest buzzword in recent years, capturing the zeitgeist of the late 2010s and early 2020s. From food consumption to travel and leisure, sustainability is increasingly driving public opinion, which in turn influences governments. Arguably, this shift in attitude has impacted one of Indonesia’s largest exports: palm oil. Trade relations between Indonesia, […]
Teresa Kok: Malaysia ready to duke it out with EU over palm oil discrimination
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) is raring to confront the European Union (EU) on its palm oil discrimination, through filing Malaysia’s case with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Its minister Teresa Kok said MPI has enlisted the cooperation of the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Ministry of International Trade and Industry and […]
Thai Energy Ministry encourages motorists to use biodiesel to reduce smog
BANGKOK, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — Thailand’s Ministry of Energy on Tuesday suggested motorists to use biodiesel B10 and B20 to curb aggravating smog that is currently gripping the country. “By using biodiesel B10 and B20, we all can help reduce smog by 3.5 to 25 percent,” said the ministry’s Department of Energy Business. “Biodiesel could […]
The Palm Oil Conundrum in EU-ASEAN Relations
With new regulatory changes now taking place on the basis of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) II of 2018, Indonesia and Malaysia are trying to come to terms with the implications for their global palm oil market strategy and domestic production. They are mobilizing intra-regional support from ASEAN and its members and even considering bringing […]
Think of alternatives to palm oil exports
The issue of palm oil has to be placed in the wider picture of carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, the mixture of energy sources and food security
This is how microorganisms can produce renewable energy for us
We can generate electricity from microorganisms as an alternative to the usual power from water, wind, solar or steam.
to-the-point: Thai waste-to-energy plant of 4.8 MW starts ops
December 31 (Renewables Now) – A waste-to-energy plant with an installed capacity of 4.8 MW has started commercial operation in Thailand on December 27, Thai company B.Grimm Power PCL (SET:BGRIM) said in a bourse filing on Monday. The project has been developed by Progress Interchem (Thailand) Co Ltd in which B.Grimm holds a 48% stake. […]
Today’s waste is tomorrow’s energy
Global waste is expected to grow to 3.40 billion tonnes by 2050, more than double the population growth over the same period. According to a 2018 World Bank report, ‘What a Waste 2.0’ on solid waste management, the East Asia and Pacific region generates most of the world’s waste, at 23 percent. Landfills have been […]
TPIPP budgets B8bn for waste-fuelled power plants
SET-listed TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP) plans to spend 8 billion baht in 2020 to develop waste-to-energy (WTE) projects in Thailand. Worawit Lerdbussarakam, vice-president for production, said 6 billion baht of the budget is to acquire existing WTE projects and 2 billion baht is to increase production capacity for refuse-derived fuel (RDF) from various types […]
Transforming trash to energy for heating water at Gardens by the Bay
SINGAPORE – Gardens by the Bay is one step closer towards going zero waste by adopting technology that converts trash to energy and a carbon-based product which may enhance plant growth. Energy provider SP Group has created a 6m-long enclosed system that will turn food waste, plastic and general waste into thermal energy at 650 deg […]