Room: Poster Area
Date: Friday, 22 May 2026
Time: 11:30 - 12:45 CEST
Session code IDV.3
Industrial session
Oil Palm Residue Oil Potentials, Sustainability and How to Mobilize Them.
Short Introductive summary
In Europe a shift is taking place from virgin oils to residues oil as feedstocks for biodiesel (and SAF) production. Oil palm mill residues contain some 6 million tons of residue oil worldwide (out of 76 million tons of crude palm oil produced in 2023). This is a significant amount considering that in 2024 8,5 Mton of FAME + HVO biodiesel used in EU were made from residues and wastes (such as POME and EFB oil). Reports about possible fraud in the supply of POME oil for biodiesel production into Europe (see T&E 2025) have resulted in banning or the plan to ban oil palm residue oils for use as biofuel feedstock in several countries in Europe.
Presenter
Wolter ELBERSEN
Wageningen Research, Food and Biobased Products Dpt., THE NETHERLANDS
Presenter's biography
Wolter Elbersen (1964) is a biomass expert with 25 years experience in biomass chain development and assessment. His current interests are biomass mobilization, quantifying circularity of biomass uses, biochar, commodification of biomass to link supply and demand for biomass.
Biographies and Short introductive summaries are supplied directly by presenters and are published here unedited
Co-authors:
M.N. Mokhtar, UPM, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
J.A. Garcia-Nunez, Cenipalma, Bogota, COLOMBIA
N.E. Ramirez, Cenipalma, Bogota, COLOMBIA
A. Nugroho, ULM, Banjarmasin, INDONESIA
J. Voogt, Wageningen Research, THE NETHERLANDS
P. Geerdink, Wageningen Research, THE NETHERLANDS
J. Van Groenestijn, Wageningen Research, THE NETHERLANDS
Session reference: IDV.3.4