01.09.2023
At Goodhope, our mills and engineering department have been actively looking for and implementing new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy.
In April of this year, Goodhope’s first biogas plant was commissioned at Sg. Binti Mill. This was a milestone event because a biogas plant can reduce methane emissions from POME by up to 85%. This is significant because in the oil palm industry, while there are many methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the method that has the biggest impact is the reduction of methane emissions from POME. From a climate change perspective, this is an important mitigating factor as it reduces the plantation’s reliance on fossil fuels and provides a cost-effective and sustainable energy solution to powering our plantations, kernel-crushing plants, and mills.
To reduce our biodiesel consumption, biomass from processing palm fruits which is basically the mesocarp fiber and palm kernel shell is combusted under controlled emissions in boilers to generate steam which then drives steam turbines to generate electricity to ensure the processing of palm oil is done with only renewable energy.
This way, we are applying circular economy principles by reducing the need to purchase energy and achieving close to 80% energy self-sufficiency.