Malaysia's B5 Biodiesel Program

Malaysia's B5 Biodiesel Program will be fully implemented nationwide this July.

B5 Biodiesel is a blend of 5% palm oil or palm methyl ester and diesel.

B5 Biodiesel program was implemented in phases. It started at the Central Malaysia i.e. Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur and Melaka between June and November 2011, followed by Southern  region i.e. Johor in July last year. Next was Northern region namely Perak, Perlis, Kedah and Penang. in October last year. Eastern region comprising Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang its implementation was in January this year. In the coming July, it will be implemented in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.

The main purposes of B5 Biodiesel Program are firstly to effectively reduce domestic palm oil stack to below one million tonnes and secondly to provide a floor price to support CPO prices at RM2000 per tonne.

Posted by Chai Yong of http://www.powerzone-biodiesel.com.