Date: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Time: 13:45 - 14:45 CEST
Session code 2DO.8
GHG saving potentials: latest developments
How to Achieve Huge Greenhouse Gas Savings by Using All By-Products of Palm Oil Production at its Best
Short Introductive summary
Extending the valorisation of palm oil by-products has an enormous potential to save huge amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG). We were able to identify promising options to use several palm oil by-product fractions with existing technologies such as using old oil palm trunks as feedstock for bioenergy or furniture, empty fruit bunches for biogas or biomethane, and flaring or even utilizing methane arising from palm oil mill effluent. Even under very conservative conditions, the GHG savings of these use options of palm oil by-products we determined add up to an amount equivalent to the annual GHG emissions of Switzerland or equivalent to the annual average GHG emissions of more than 10 million West European inhabitants. Overall, these enormous potentials to save GHG on existing plantations should be realised to contribute to a more sustainable palm oil production.
Presenter
Guido REINHARDT
IFEU-Institut Heidelberg, Biomass & Food Dpt.
Presenter's biography
Dr. Guido Reinhardt is a member of the scientific board of IFEU-Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg and a scientific director of the department "Sustainability of renewable energies and bio-based systems" with more than years of professional experience in this topic.
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Co-authors:
M. Breyer, IFEU-Institut Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GERMANY
Session reference: 2DO.8.3