KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and FGV Holdings Bhd will be embarking on a trial project involving the use of 20 per cent palm biodiesel and 80 per cent petroleum diesel blend (B20) for diesel vehicles.
The trial project will be implemented for six months.
In a joint statement, MPOB and FGV said the use of palm oil content in biodiesel for the transportation sector, which is set to rise to 20 per cent next year, will contribute to cleaner environment and strengthen the competitiveness of the nation’s palm oil industry.
The project will also raise public awareness on the use of B20 and demonstrate FGV Transport Services’ commitment in supporting the government’s initiative in implementing biodiesel programme for the transportation sector.
MPOB and FGV said the project involves monitoring the quality of B20 whereby samples of biodiesel will be taken at each delivery by the supplier.
“The selected vehicles will not involve any modification throughout the duration of the project.
“During normal maintenance of 30,000km, inspection will be done on fuel filter and water separator while lubricating oil will be collected periodically and sent to external laboratory for analysis,” they said.
The vehicles used for the project will be monitored in terms of their movements, fuel consumption of B20 and their maintenance costs.
FGV Transport Services will provide six tanker trucks for the B20 trial project.
MPOB director-general Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said FGV Transport Services trial project will involve technical data collection which intends to prove that using B20 will not affect vehicle engines.
FGV group chief executive officer Datuk Haris Fadzilah Hassan said express his commitment to supporting the government’s mandate for B20 and hopes to achieve a consistent and comprehensive data from this test trial and eventually will benefit the palm oil industry.
Malaysia has successfully implemented B10 for its transportation sector beginning February and B7 for industrial sector in June this year in effort to reduce greenhouse gas emission released by diesel vehicles.
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