BIOMAS AS OPPORTUNITY

SUMMARY (  UNIT 2 )

          Energy consumption is a yardstick for a country’s development. In Thailand it is very high and linked with economic growth. Furth more, some 60 % of the employed population receive their income directly or indirectly from agriculture or the agro-industry. Thailand needs to seriously look at a risk on the impact of climate change with improved ability and capacity to cope with its effects. One example of more efficient resource management in the Agro-industry is palm oil production.

Which had selected the palm oil sector as a pilot industry for promoting efficient energy use in agro industry. The goal was to realize a very promising idea namely, to cease the disposal of the waste water from CPI palm oil production using a conventional arragment of open waste water pools and instead implement a closed system that would enable the resulting biogas to be used as a source of energy.

Energy is a prime mover of economic growth, and this is definitely true. In particular, Thailand has put in place multi faceted policy packages which put country at forefront of  bio energy development  for both power and head generations, liquid transportation  fuel and biogas from wastes and co-products from agro industry.

COMMENT :

Major developments should conserve energy and agro-industry, especially in making more efficient use of energy and resources.

By : Emy Suryati