Biomass is one of the renewable energy sources are most important in biofuel National Malaezia.Politica launched in 2006 to promote the use of environmental resources, biomass energy sustainable and viable. In the five basic fuel, the Malaysian government has identified as one of biomass energy potential of renewable sources. Malaysia atleast produce 168 million tons of biomass, including wood and palm oil waste, rice husk fiber, coconut wood, municipal waste and waste from sugar cane per year. As a major producer of agricultural commodities in the region, Malaysia is well positioned among the ASEAN countries to promote the use of biomass as a renewable energy source.
Malaysia is one of the largest producer and exporter of palm oil in the world for forty years ago. The palm oil industry, in addition to the production of crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel oil, producing Palm Shell, Press Gentian, empty fruit bunches (EFB), Palm Oil Mill Wastewater Effluent (POME), Palm Trunk (during replanting) and Palm Leaf (during cutting). Almost 70% of the processing of fresh fruit bunches are eliminated as waste. Malaysia has about 4 million hectares of land under oil palm plantations. Over 75% of the total planted area is located in four states, Sabah, Johor, Pahang and Sarawak, each of which has over half a million hectares. Total value of FFB processed (fresh fruit bunches) is estimated at 75 million tonnes, while total product EFB estimated 16.6 million tonnes. About 58 million tonnes of POME are produced annually in Malaysia, which has the potential to produce approximately 1:15 billion m3 of biogas can be produced every year.
