Sustainable electricity generation from oil palm biomass wastes in Malaysia: An industry survey

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• 作者：Mohd Shaharin Umar ; ^{mohd_shaharin@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail} ; ^{msuifa@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail} ; Philip Jennings ; Tania Urmee
• 关键词：Renewable energy ; Oil palm biomass ; Feed-in tariff ; Sustainability
• 刊名：Energy
• 出版年：1 April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：67
• 期：Complete
• 页码：496-505
• 全文大小：1331 K

文摘

The biomass wastes from the palm oil industry offer great potential for large-scale power generation in Malaysia. It has been estimated that 85.5% of available biomass in the country comes from oil palm agriculture. The introduction of the FiT (Feed-in Tariff) regime in 2011, which superseded the underperforming SREP (Small Renewable Energy Power) scheme, is expected to catalyse and accelerate the development of the renewable energy industry, including biomass technology. Despite a major overhaul of the market structure under the new scheme, the sustainability of the grid-connected oil palm biomass renewable energy industry downstream components remains questionable. Hence, this paper aims to investigate and analyse the market response to six sustainability-related topics. The research methods include electronic and conventional postal modes to disseminate questionnaires to all of the palm oil producers. The returned questionnaires were then analysed with a statistical tool and inferences were drawn to identify the gaps in the existing policy system. The survey identified several key factors for the government's consideration.