Generating renewable energy from oil palm biomass in Malaysia: The Feed-in Tariff policy framework |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of High Voltage and High Current, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia;2. Power Electronics and Drives Research Group, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia;1. Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Departamento de Ciência do Solo, Av. Pádua Dias 11, P.O. Box 9, 13408-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil;2. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, 80523 Fort Collins, CO, USA;3. Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Laboratório de Biogeoquímica Ambiental, Av. Centenário 303, P.O. Box 96, 13416-000 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil;1. School of Engineering, Department of Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics, RMIT University, Carlton, VIC, 3053, Melbourne, Australia;2. School of Engineering Science, Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM), LUT University, P.O. Box 20, FI-53851, Lappeenranta, Finland;3. Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, ul. Wolczanska 213, 90-924, Lodz, Poland;1. División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Carretera Villahermosa-Cárdenas km 0.5 86100, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico;2. Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Departamento de Física aplicada, Carretera Antigua a Progreso Km. 6, 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |
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| Abstract: | The renewable energy (RE) industry in Malaysia began in 2001 in the context of the growing concern about future depletion of conventional fuels and the global environmental concerns about greenhouse gas emissions. The Small Renewable Energy Programme (SREP) is a tool that was first designed to drive the development of the industry based on the abundance of oil palm biomass reserves and other identified renewable energy resources. Due to the slow uptake of this scheme, a new system, the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) was introduced in 2011 to stimulate the industry. By considering the deficiencies of the previous scheme, this paper examines the sustainability of the FiT policy framework in steering the future expansion of small-scale biomass renewable energy businesses in Malaysia. Resulting from the evaluation of the current policy settings and a market based appraisal, this work outlines strategies for enhancing the scheme and suggests future studies aimed at improving the flaws in the present system. |
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| Keywords: | Biomass Oil palm Small Renewable Energy Programme Feed-in Tariff Sustainability |
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