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  • What is palm oil mill effluent (POME)?
  • Our Libo Biogas plant in Riau. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) is a wastewater resulting from processing fresh fruit bunches to crude palm oil at the mills. Left untreated in the open, POME decomposes organically and this releases greenhouse gases like methane and carbon dioxide.
  • Can a public-private partnership converge on biogas capture from palm oil mill effluent?
  • The purpose of this report is to provide a strategy around which a public-private partnership (PPP) can converge to implement and finance biogas capture from palm oil mill effluent (POME) and reuse for renewable electricity generation at large scale that will encompass a significant portion of the APEC region’s palm oil mills.
  • Can biogas be used as fertiliser in palm oil plantations?
  • The resulting biogas is used as energy, powering both the mill and biogas plant itself, and the effluent can then be used as fertiliser in the plantations. Resulting effluent from the biogas plant can be used for land application in palm oil plantations as fertiliser.
  • Is biogas viable in Rwanda?
  • This report aims to shed some light on the issues around biogas viability in Rwanda and how to possibly strengthen biogas in the country. Moreover, the results reported that on average around 90 percent of the household practice zero grazing and the animals are kept and fed in sheds.
  • Is palm oil waste-to-biogas an environmental and Energy Opportunity?
  • 10 Obi Partners Pte., Ltd. “Palm oil waste-to-biogas: an environmental and energy opportunity.” Presented at the 15th World Renewable Energy Congress, September 19-23, 2016. In some cases, compliance with criteria of legal or voluntary standards drives POME-to-energy initiatives.
  • How does a biogas mill work?
  • Mills pipe their POME into a bio-reactor, where bacteria digest the wastewater anaerobically, creating biogas (consisting largely of methane and carbon dioxide), and effluent. The resulting biogas is used as energy, powering both the mill and biogas plant itself, and the effluent can then be used as fertiliser in the plantations.