Bioenergy in Malaysia

1. BIOMASS ENERGY
AKMAL HAKIM ABD.AZIBMUHAMAD NOOR JAMALAB. NASIR

2. WHAT IS BIOENERGY?
 Bioenergy is energy contained in living or recently living biological organisms
 Organic material containing bioenergy is known as biomass
 Biofuels are renewable transport fuels including:
 Bioethanol
 Biodiesel
 Biogas
 Biobutanol

3. BIOMASS
 Biomass is the largest renewable energy source in use today.
 There are two main forms of biomass:
 Raw biomass consists of forestry products, grasses, crops, animal manure, and aquatic
products, such as kelp and seaweed.
 Secondary biomass is material that comes from raw biomass, but has undergone
significant changes.These would include items such as paper, cardboard, cotton,
natural rubber products and used cooking oils.

4. BIOENERGY IN MALAYSIA
 Malaysia has a goal for the share of renewable energy to reach 10% of the total by
2010 .
 A National Biofuel Policy was announced by the Government in August 2005 to
promote development of a biofuels industry in Malaysia.
 The National Biofuel Policy entails a four-prong strategy:
 the production of a biofuel blend of 5% processed palm oil and 95% diesel
 encouraging the use of Biofuel among the public
 establishing an industry standard for palm biodiesel quality
 the setting up of biodiesel plants in Malaysia for exports. (source: MPOB )

5. WHY MALAYSIA COMMITTED IN BIOMASS
RENEWABLE ENERGY?
 Biomass in Malaysia is
referring to plant waste being
converted to energy. There are
many ways for applying the
biomass waste as renewable
energy, now we are seeing
more choices with better
efficiency and effectiveness.
 Pelleting is one of the process
converting the biomass into
more efficient pellet, such as
efb pellet and saw dust pellet.

6. TARGET INCREASE OF BIOMASS ENERGY IN
SOUTH-EAST ASIA
 In overall South-East Asia, there are about 15% of electrical energy was derived
from biomass, and we targeted the figure should rise to 25% by the year of
2020. The same trend also apply to Malaysia.
 Malaysia,Thailand,Vietnam, Philippine and Indonesia are expanding their
biomass development in it own country. Thailand is the South-East Asia country
having the largest renewable energy derive from biomass energy. However
biomass energy in Malaysia also project increase substantially for next 10 years.

7. BIOMASSTARGET IN MALAYSIA
 For year 2010, the renewable energy in Malaysia
achieve 510 MW, and biomass energy contribute
470 MW of energy. This has shown that the
country is heavily rely on biomass for renewable
energy. In year 2030, the biomass energy in
Malaysia will increase to 1525 MW.
 Taken the opportunity to expand our biomass
production line from raw biomass material into
pellet biomass product. We are very confident
customer could select suitable biomass
commodity from our comprehensive product

8. MAXIMIZINGTHE PRODUCTION OF
BIOMASS ENERGY
 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELEPMENT AUTHORITY MALAYSIA [SEDA]

9. BASIC CONCEPT OF BIOMASS ENERGY
PRODUCTION
 Generating plant fuelled by biomass uses conventional steam turbine electricity
generating plant as used in coal fired power stations with modifications to the
combustion chamber and fuel handling systems to handle the bulkier fuel.

10. BIOMASS ENERGY

11. MALAYSIA’S PROSPECT OF BIOMASS
ENERGY
 Feedstock that available in Malaysia such as animal manure, solid municipal
waste, forest residue and much more also can be used to make biomass energy.
the scope of biomass energy prospect in Malaysia includes:
1. Biomass as energy includes conversion of biomass feedstock into solid biofuel
(pellets, briquettes), biomass power plant projects (co-firing, methane capture),
liquid biofuel such as diesel and ethanol.
2. Biomass as high value chemicals applies to the development of valuable chemical
precursors such as sugar alcohols, ethanol, and lactic acid.
3. Biomass as eco-products refers to utilization of biomass feedstock in materials such
as pulp and paper, biocomposite, and bioplastics as sustainable substitution for fossil-
based materials.

12. BIOMASS SOURCES IN MALAYSIA

13. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION IN BIOMASS
 Biomass is carbon based and is composed of a mixture of organic molecules containing
hydrogen, usually including atoms of oxygen, often nitrogen and also small quantities of
other atoms, including alkali, alkaline earth and heavy metals. These metals are often
found in functional molecules such as the porphyrins which include chlorophyll which
contains magnesium.
 Biomass can be converted to other usable forms of energy like methane gas or
transportation fuels like ethanol and biodiesel. Rotting garbage, and agricultural and
human waste, all release methane gas—also called “landfill gas” or “biogas.”Crops, such
as corn and sugar cane, can be fermented to produce the transportation fuel, ethanol.
Biodiesel, another transportation fuel, can be produced from left-over food products like
vegetable oils and animal fats. Also, biomass to liquids (BTLs) and cellulosic ethanol are
still under research.
 There is a great deal of research involving algal, or algae-derived, biomass due to the fact
that it’s a non-food resource and can be produced at rates 5 to 10 times faster than other
types of land-based agriculture, such as corn and soy. Once harvested, it can be fermented
to produce biofuels such as ethanol, butanol, and methane, as well as biodiesel and
hydrogen.

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