by Robin Augustin (Free Malaysia Today) Prominent economist Jomo Kwame Sundaram had said Malaysia's research and development of biodiesel was 'too modest'. -- Malaysia has been actively carrying out research and development activities in palm oil-derived biodiesel since the 1980s, contrary to claims by a prominent economist that such efforts were “too modest”.
Economist Jomo Kwame Sundaram had said Malaysia’s R&D efforts were “too modest” and that it had failed to place a strong enough foundation to develop biodiesel energy when compared with other countries.
But Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) principal research officer Harrison Lau defended Malaysia’s R&D efforts, saying these efforts had seen MPOB become a leading player in biodiesel technology, on a par with other international players.
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“MPOB had established the first continuous palm biodiesel pilot plant in 1985.
“It carried out exhaustive field trials using palm biodiesel,” he told FMT, adding MPOB’s research efforts had enabled palm biodiesel to be established as a diesel substitute.
One of the most extensive field trials, MPOB said, was carried out in collaboration with Mercedes Benz Daimler in Germany, involving 36 commercial buses using pure diesel (B0), blends of B50 (50% petroleum diesel and 50% palm biodiesel) and palm biodiesel (B100). READ MORE
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