Malaysia: Need for Comprehensive Policy on Biomass
Bernama reports that Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BiotechCorp) Chief Executive Officer Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood argues that Malaysia needs to have a comprehensive policy on biomass utilization and identify priority sectors capable of giving handsome returns.
Referring to oil palm’s empty fruit bunches (EFBs), Iskandar noted:
Some say they need EFBs for energy and others need it for the production of high quality sugar,” he told reporters at the world’s largest BIO International Convention here Monday…The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry should devise a comprehensive business-friendly policy and give priority to areas in which Malaysia wanted to excel. A clear policy has to be in place; for example to allocate a certain percentage of EFBs for electricity generation and a certain percentage for high quality sugar.
Iskandar is here to lead BiotechCorp’s delegation to the annual four-day convention that ends on May 6. It is the sixth time BiotechCorp, which is in charge of facilitating the country’s biotechnology industry, is participating in the BIO International Convention after the event in Philadelphia (2005), Chicago (2006), Boston (2007), San Diego (2008) and Atlanta (2009).
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