Availability of Biomass Residues for Co-Firing in Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for Cost and GHG Emissions in the Electricity Sector

Fossil fuels comprise 93% of Malaysia’s electricity generation and account for 36% of the country’s 2010 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. The government has targeted the installation of 330 MW of biomass electricity generation capacity by 2015 to avoid 1.3 Mt of CO2 emissions annually and offset som...

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Main Authors: W. Michael Griffin, Jeremy Michalek, H. Scott Matthews, Mohd Nor Azman Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-02-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/7/2/804