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Palm Kernel Shells From Africa Can Fuel Biomass Plants in Japan

Eko Sb Setyawan — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:48:57 +0000

Japan’s biomass fuel requirement is estimated to be tens of millions of tons each year on account of its projected biomass energy capacity of 6,000MW by the year 2030. To achieve this capacity, more than 20 million tons of biomass...

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Charcoal Briquette Production in the Middle East: Perspectives

Eko Sb Setyawan — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:54:03 +0000

There is a huge demand for charcoal briquettes in the Middle East, especially in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE. However the production of charcoal in the Middle East is in nascent stages despite the availability of biomass resources, especially date...

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Biomass Market in Japan: Perspectives

Eko Sb Setyawan — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:52:51 +0000

Biomass is being increasingly used in power plants in Japan as a source of fuel, particularly after the tragic accident at Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011. Palm kernel shell (PKS) has emerged as a favorite choice of biomass-based power...

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Use of PKS in Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plants

Eko Sb Setyawan — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:25:19 +0000

Palm kernel shells are widely used in fluidized bed combustion-based power plants in Japan and South Korea. The key advantages of fluidized bed combustion (FBC) technology are higher fuel flexibility, high efficiency and relatively low combustion temperature. FBC technology, which...

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Palm Kernel Shells: An Attractive Biomass Fuel for Europe

Eko Sb Setyawan — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 12:11:31 +0000

Europe is targeting an ambitious renewable energy program aimed at 20% renewable energy in the energy mix by 2020 with biomass energy being key renewable energy resource across the continent. However, the lack of locally-available biomass resources has hampered the...

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Torrified PKS: An Attractive Biomass Commodity in West Africa

Eko Sb Setyawan — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:27:49 +0000

Even though palm kernel shell has many similarities with wood pellets, it is not easy to reduce its size which makes it difficult for its optimum cofiring with coal in power plants and industries. Few years ago, Indonesia had exported...

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Torrefaction of Biomass: Things You Should Know

Eko Sb Setyawan — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 08:54:47 +0000

To improve the quality of biomass, especially for cofiring purposes, biomass waste can be processed with torrefaction (also known as mild pyrolysis). With the torrefaction process, it becomes easier to make powder (high grindability) so that the desired particle size...

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