BPHB eyeing several renewable energy projects
KUCHING: Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd (BPHB) plans to be involved in several other renewable energy projects besides hydrogen. This include exploring opportunities in green ammonia, solar, biomass, algae and carbon capture and storage, according to company chairman Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki. He said the move is in line with BPHB’s Port Development Plan […]
Act as agents for the govt, media told
SIBU: The Sarawak government urged media practitioners and local university students to become “unofficial agents of information and public sentiments” on state government polices. According to Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Corporate Affairs, Information, and UKAS) Datuk Abdullah Saidol, it is important so that the state government can evaluate the people’s level of understanding […]
Talk on green hydrogen
KUCHING: Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) will be hosting a talk entitled ‘Green Hydrogen from Biomass’ today. In its Facebook post, SBC said the talk would be delivered by Professor Dr Masaharu Komiyama from the Chemical Engineering Department and Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and his research focused on catalysis and […]
Sarawak stepping up hydrogen push: Premier
SINGAPORE: Sarawak is intensively analysing its hydrogen plant’s performance to optimise hydrogen production operations and enhance its technical know-how regarding this novel technology, especially in a tropical context. In stating this, Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said hydrogen has wide applications in Sarawak’s existing industries and can be exported in various […]
State adopts innovative technology to produce hydrogen
BY ALEXANDRA LORNA & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Sarawak is adopting the methylcyclohexane (MCH) process from Japan as a new innovative way to produce hydrogen. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said this new process to produce hydrogen without cracking the ammonia at the power plant was developed in Japan about six […]
Petronas-UKM hydrogen research yielding positive results
KUALA LUMPUR: Industry-academia partnerships have increasingly become important platforms and testbeds for cross-fertilisation of ideas to catalyse innovations that would benefit the society at large. For example, Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s (UKM) collaboration on hydrogen energy has yielded positive outcomes since the tie-up began in July 2019. The two parties are […]
