Malaysia has a plan to turn waste from its palm oil production
into energy. A new joint venture, FTJ Bio Power Sdn Bhd,
announced plans for a plant that could generate 12.5 million
watts of electricity from waste palm branches, also known as
empty fruit branches or EFB. It's the latest bright spot in
Asia's strengthening green movement, coming amid news of
Malaysia's first solar power plant, which is scheduled to begin
construction soon--plus news of the cancellation of a planned
coal-fired power plant (and its presumed pollutants) located
near Borneo's Tabin Wildlife Reserve, which houses the
endangered Sumatran Rhino of Borneo. The Malaysian EFB plant
will capitalize on the 20 million tons of biomass waste excreted
annually from Malaysia's palm oil production industry. “The
Felda Global Group is pursuing several projects to fully utilise
EFB produced by its mills. Some 70 other projects are in
progress and in the pipeline, including composting, pellet
production and combined heat and power projects," said t