The roll-out of palm oil-based B5 biodiesel for the central region continued today, with the introduction of the fuel for the Federal Territory. The event to mark the introduction was held at a BHPetrol station in Jalan Kuching this morning, and present at proceedings was Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, who officially launched the fuel at the retail level in June, as scheduled.
Kuala Lumpur is the fourth location in the central region to introduce B5; Putrajaya kicked the programme off on June 1, followed by Malacca and Negeri Sembilan. The KL roll-out is just over a month later than planned – B5 was slated to be introduced here on September 1. Selangor is the next on the list, on October 1, according to the schedule.
The B5 programme for KL will see B5 being supplied by 247 stations, and through this, 890 tonnes or 1.03 million litres of palm-oil biodiesel will be used per month, which will contribute to saving the connsumption of nearly 12.4 million litres of fossil-based diesel a year in KL.
Priced at the equivalent of petroleum diesel, at RM1.80 per litre, Dompok said that the government would continue to keep the price of B5 as such, and absorb the differences. He also said that full B5 supply nationwide would be implemented in 2013 at the earliest.
Meanwhile, BHPetrol said that B5 is available in its 35 stations in KL, and currently has around 60 stations offering the fuel in the central region.
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finally, B5 comes !!!
I thought Caltex will launch 1st?
So, only BHP has it for the time being? What bout my regular ESSO station?
I hope wth B5, burning is even more efficient and yet more torque …..
It’s not just available at BHPetrol stations – a total of 247 stations in KL offer B5.
i thought Petronas Putrajaya the 1st one launch
A small step forward towards sulfer free diesel.. Gogogo..
Can anyone list down which Petrol Station offered B5 Diesel?
go green go!
what car can pump in the b5?
please launch Euro 4 or 5 grade diesels too………
What would the sulphur content of this diesel be? Would it be something like E85 in Europe? Just curious. Anyone can shed some light?
sulfur content comparison (ppm)
B5 diesel – 2600 ppm
Euro 2M diesel – 2800 ppm
Euro 4 diesel – 50 ppm maximum
E85 gasoline – 80 ppm
Not sure why we clapping the hands on biodiesel. 2600 ppm is an awful lot. Euro 5 has got about 10ppm. All Europe is on Euro 6 already, so as some asian countries. Only in Malaysia the quality is lousy.
E85 and B5 both has similar objectives of reducing carbon print in atmosphere.
E85 has up to 85% ethanol extracted from starchy plants.. like sugarcane. or corn.
it has less power but higher octane rating.
B5 is sourced from palm and blended at a low blend rate of 5% with diesel, and part of the objective is to reduce cost of producing diesel.
I know a few people who actually go to mcdonalds and they’ll sell (sometimes give) used cooking oil and will filter them and be used as diesel fuel. Besides, the exhaust smells like french fries too and with the hot climate in malaysia, you do not need to worry about the cooking oil solidifying.
supprisingly cooking oil is about diesel calorivic value, i.e. 39,000~48000 kJ/lit and diesel cv is 44,800 kJ/lit.
furthermore, the history of diesel engines was that it was originally designed to run on vegetable oil but in the good old days it was actually cheaper to run on dino juice. HOw times have changed!
For those who imagine B5 diesel to be Sulfur free, sorry to remind u that B5 mean 5% Palm diesel mixed with 95%.
conventional frossil fuel diesel, which mean B5 diesel will contain at lease 95% of sulfur or normal diesel.
So unless our diesel been upgrade to Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel like Singapore which mean paying higher price for diesel.
Only 100% Bio diesel is consider “Almost” Sulfur free, which at present cannot be use on our diesel powered vehicle without modification & risking damaging the engine in long run & power lost.
this B5 is still not euro 4 or euro 5, so not many great diesel cars can enter the market here. still dun understand why the delay in launching better diesel without sulphur? feedback, anyone?
it takes time and money for refineries to upgrade their operations to produce euro 4/5 fuel…very costly to upgrade
Does this (B5 biodiesel) mean more diesel powered car will be coming to Malaysia?
Bio Diesel is well and good, and the reason why it can compete with normal diesel is because it is subsidised by the government. At best, the country can afford only 5% of fuel to be biodiesel, because of it’s cost. The way top go, to reduce carbon and cost of motoring is at least Euro 4 Diesel, and this the government is NOT doing. I don’t know why…
Blends of B5 and above will void manufacturer’s warranty. Unless the engine is designed for biodiesel, B5 is the highest blend for normal diesel engines.
Another reason is the cost behind converting refineries to produce Euro4/5 fuels. if they can continue selling Euro 2, they will not upgrade.
Does anyone kow if pick-up trucks like Nissan Navara, Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi Triton etc. can use B5 biodiesel?
yes, manufacturers will provide warranty for their engines up to B5 diesel. Sourced from Malaysia Biofuel Roadmap (search in google for it)
anyone had try this diesel ? and how the performance?
535d can use?
Petrol from Petronas
B5 from Sime
go figure it out $$ in which companies pocket
320d can use this?