SYNOPSIS

The technology of harnessing green energy has been inspired and developed decades ago. This has been becoming a hot topic since years ago until today in global level generally and in Malaysia particularly.

The conventional main energy source from fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal are still in place and in use so far but it is believed going to be less dependent on them gradually and significantly in the next decades. This is due to severe alarming on global warming that related to the releasing of Green House gas from the industrial plants in majority.

The efforts on sourcing the alternative power source(s) has driven the world towards tapping renewable energy sources which are abundant, untapped & environmental friendly and available everywhere. Malaysia in this context has abundant biomass resources generated from the agricultural industry particularly the large commodity, palm oil. To enhance the degree of implementation on tapping the green energy from this biomass and biogas in the industry, team work and collaborative efforts from various parties are crucial. What are the matured engineering approach/method that can be adopted in this context?

Next to focus… What would be the expected roles to be played respectively by the policy maker, industrial investors & players and of course the technologies providers? Any challenges when working together towards the same direction…making the world greener and greener.
To be able to transform and diversify to reach sustainability stage, the industry players must realign their direction, both technically and commercially to move forward. The initiative and proactive behaviour from the industry players are crucial that to turn positive transformation into reality. The potential but expected challenges which are going to be discussed here may become less drastic and significant after the post-mortem stage in the course.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Hor Kok Luen  (P.Eng, MIEM, First Grade Competent Steam Engineer, ASEAN ENGINEER) graduated from University of Science Malaysia (USM) in 2001. He is holding Bachelor of Degree (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering.

He has more than 17 years of working experience in the palm oil mill & related downstream industries, inclusive of biogas power plant. He has vast experience in palm oil mill design, mill upgrading and mill troubleshooting as well as waste handling & management.
As holding the qualification as Competent First Grade Steam Engineer (JKKP, Malaysia), currently he is taking the responsibility and challenge as the Chief Engineer for a well-established palm oil group of company which owns five (5) palm oil mills and subsidiary plants, which aggressively embark involving in palm oil mill processing, long fiber plant, short fiber plant, solvent extraction plant, biomass power plant, biogas capturing plant , CHP plant and of course green energy generation for grid connection (Feed in tariff) besides islanded unit for in-house consumption.
The speaker is a corporate member of The Institutions of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) in Mechanical Discipline. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate (PEPC) with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) as well as ASEAN Engineer (AE). Currently he is a Hon Secretary of Food & Agricultural Engineering Technical Division (AFETD), IEM HQ.