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Trends in Utilization of Palm Kernel Shells

Salman Zafar — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:59:18 +0000

The palm kernel shells used to be initially dumped in the open thereby impacting the environment negatively without any economic benefit. However, over time, palm oil mills in Southeast Asia and elsewhere realized their brilliant properties as a fuel and...

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Biomass Energy Potential of Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB)

Salman Zafar — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:55:09 +0000

A palm oil plantation yields huge amount of biomass wastes in the form of empty fruit bunches (EFB), palm oil mill effluent (POME) and palm kernel shell (PKS). In a typical palm oil mill, empty fruit bunches are available in abundance...

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Salient Features of Sugar Industry in Mauritius

Salman Zafar — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:58:26 +0000

Sugar industry has always occupied a prominent position in the Mauritian economy since the introduction of sugarcane around three centuries ago. Mauritius has been a world pioneer in establishing sales of bagasse-based energy to the public grid, and is currently...

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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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Role of Gas Turbines in Power Plant Reliability

Salman Zafar — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:51:22 +0000

Gas turbines play a huge role in power plant reliability. In most cases—whether it be simple-cycle or combined-cycle applications for gas turbines—the gas turbine is the first major piece of equipment in the process that needs to start. So, without...

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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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