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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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Biomass Wastes from Palm Oil Mills: Things You Should Know

Salman Zafar — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 07:45:58 +0000

The Palm Oil industry in Asia and Africa generates large quantity of biomass wastes whose disposal is a challenging task. In the Palm Oil mill, fresh fruit bunches are sterilized after which the oil fruits can be removed from the...

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Palm Kernel Shells (PKS) – An Attractive Biomass Fuel

Salman Zafar — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:57:34 +0000

Biomass residue from palm oil industry are attractive renewable energy fuel in Southeast Asia. The abundance of these biomass resources is increasing with the fast development of palm oil industry in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. In the Palm Oil value...

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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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