KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is moving
towards harnessing the 20 million tonnes of biowaste generated by the
state’s oil palm sector annually.
A joint venture company initiated by Agensi Innovasi Malaysia (AIM) will be set up to collect biomass from oil palm plantations and industries large enough to sustain downstream activities, including the manufacture of pellets and bio-chemicals.
State industrial development and research director Patrick Tan said although Sabah’s oil palm sector had been generating tonnes of waste or biomass every year, aggregating them for further processing had been a problem.
“This is because existing pricing mechanisms and transportation costs are major inhibitors as mills are scattered over a wide area,” he said.
He said details of the joint venture entity would be unveiled
at the fifth Malaysia International Palm Oil Technology Expo 2014
(Palmex Malaysia) in the east coast Sandakan district from May 21 to May
23.
“This joint venture company will have a major impact in the realisation of large-scale oil palm biomass utilisation industries in Sabah, which is potentially worth billions of ringgit,” said Tan, the events’ organising chairman.
He said Palmex was important to Sabah as it continued to push for value-added industries using palm oil as well as biomass generated from plantations and mills.
“The state government has lent its support to the event because of the importance of the oil palm industry to Sabah’s economy, contributing to about 30% of the state’s annual GDP.”
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman is scheduled to launch Palmex 2014 on May 21 at the Sandakan Community Centre.
A joint venture company initiated by Agensi Innovasi Malaysia (AIM) will be set up to collect biomass from oil palm plantations and industries large enough to sustain downstream activities, including the manufacture of pellets and bio-chemicals.
State industrial development and research director Patrick Tan said although Sabah’s oil palm sector had been generating tonnes of waste or biomass every year, aggregating them for further processing had been a problem.
“This is because existing pricing mechanisms and transportation costs are major inhibitors as mills are scattered over a wide area,” he said.
“This joint venture company will have a major impact in the realisation of large-scale oil palm biomass utilisation industries in Sabah, which is potentially worth billions of ringgit,” said Tan, the events’ organising chairman.
He said Palmex was important to Sabah as it continued to push for value-added industries using palm oil as well as biomass generated from plantations and mills.
“The state government has lent its support to the event because of the importance of the oil palm industry to Sabah’s economy, contributing to about 30% of the state’s annual GDP.”
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman is scheduled to launch Palmex 2014 on May 21 at the Sandakan Community Centre.
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