Abstract:

The world is shifting toward renewable energy sources due to rising global warming and GHG emissions. Malaysia like many other countries has pledged in the conference of parties to develop policies to reduce GHG and Carbon emissions. Malaysia is switching towards sustainable, eco-friendly and renewable energy sources. EFB biomass one of the by-products of palm oil has great potential to be a sustainable energy source. Malaysia is one of the largest exporters of palm oil cannot employ EFB biomass-based power generation due to supply chain and logistics-related constraints. Therefore, this study has integrated EFB biomass logistics to overcome the reported challenges in the EFB biomass supply chain. This study has employed the system dynamics (SD) approach to achieving the objectives as it explains the dynamics of interaction and behaviour among the sub-systems. This study has employed a document-based modelling approach (DBM) to collect the data for model development. The findings lead to two outcomes of the study- the first integrated EFB biomass logistics and the second GHG reduction using EFB. These findings are imperative for future research to enhance further the integrated model to be able to realise the zerocarbon emission goal to contribute to the sustainable development goals.