Typical indicators for ‘mill integrated bio-coal’ plants:
| Capacity mill | 45 | t FFB/hr |
| Output bio-coal pellets | 10.000 | t/year |
| Sale price bio-coal pellets | 100 | €/t |
| Yearly income | 1.000.000 | €/year |
| Investment | 1.600.000 | € |
| Simply pay-back | 1.6 | year |
Typical oil palm mill bio-coal torrefaction process
Opportunities for palm oil industry:
- increased revenues with 100 €/ton bio-coal processed
- reduced cost of processing
residues (in-house treatment)
- enabling significant Green
House Gas savings: -1.5 ton CO2/ton bio-coal
- enabling significant
efficiency and cost improvements in power and heat plants
- becoming an important actor in
a growing energy commodity market
