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04/08/2023Final Year Project 1 (Renewable Energy Adoption: Biomass Conversion to Biofuels in PETRONAS Malaysia)

FINAL YEAR PROJECT 1

PROJECT TITLE:RENEWABLE ENERGY ADOPTION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY: A CASE STUDY OF BIOMASS CONVERSION TO BIOFUELS IN PETRONAS MALAYSIA.


Rozlina Bt. RoshmanB061010054

4 [email protected]@utem.edu.my

Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship

Bachelor of Technology Management (Innovation Technology)

Panel: En. Mukhiffun B. Mukapit

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Section 1 Background of the study

Problem Statements Research question Research objective

Scope Importance of the Research

Limitation

Section 2 Theoretical framework

Section 3 Research design

Qualitative Method -Method of primary data collection

Time Horizon Scientific Canon

Presentation Outlines


Introduction

Biomass is biological material

derived from living, or

recently living organism.

In the context of biomass for energy this often mean to use

plant based material but biomass can equally apply to both animal and vegetable derived material (BIOMASS Energy Centre (BEC), 2011).

Biofuels are liquid fuels which is derive from other materials such as

waste plant and animal matter. There are two main types of biofuels – bioethanol and biodiesel (Biofuels

Association of Australia, 2013)


Introduction

Biomass as energy resource has its potential to reduce some

common effect of inefficient

management of energy

Nowadays, we can observe that global warming has

increase due to the emission Carbon Dioxide (CO2) gas to the atmosphere. Depletion of

fossil fuels had become an influence for us to find a new

source of energy

Carbon dioxide gas that is emits by vehicle has

become issue to the

environmental problem

Have to adopt the technology for

biomass conversion to

biofuels in Malaysia.


Biomass Resource

Source: Biomass Innovation Centre (2013)


Biofuels Cycle

Source: Hisham and Eid, (2008)


Problem Definition

The factors of how the technology

adoption of biomass

conversion to biofuels in Malaysia is

important to be known

There are some groups of

adopters which are including

Innovators, Early Adopters, Late Majority, and

Laggards.

The role of market structure

and diffusion


Problem Definition

Size of firms, and

availability of resources

need in the investment of

the technology

Potential risk associated

with the use, development

and marketing of technology.

New technologies are scale-enhancing, and therefore larger firms adopt them sooner

because they capture economies of scale from

production via the learning curve more quickly (S.

Joseph, 1962)


Research Question

1) What are the factors

of technology adoption for


biofuels in PETRONAS

Malaysia?

2)What are the

strategies of PETRONAS

Malaysia in order to support

the adoption of technology

for biomass conversion to

biofuels in Malaysia?

3) What are the

innovative solutions in order

to speed up the rate of

technology adoption of


biofuels in PETRONAS,

Malaysia?


Research Objective

To identify the factors

that encourages technology adoption for

biomass conversion to biofuels

in PETRONAS, Malaysia.

To identify strategies to

adopt the technology for


biofuels in PETRONAS Malaysia.

To identify the innovative solution

to enhance the efficiency of


biofuels in PETRONAS Malaysia.


ScopeTe

chnolo

gy

Ad

op

tion Biomass conversion

to biofuels for energy efficiency

Str

ate

gie

s Maximize the usage technology for biomass conversion to biofuelsStrategy of sustaining the green environmentInitiatives in finding the solution of how to reduce the emission of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)


Limitation

To investigate what are the factors of technology adoption for energy

efficiency in PETRONAS, Malaysia. Therefore, the

outcomes of the study are only applicable for

PETRONAS, Malaysia.

Researcher assumed that all respondents have

provided honest and correct answer.


Provide new strategy to adopt renewable energy

Seek more expert opinions Government involvement in sustaining

renewable energy adoption

Importance of Research


Literature Review

TEMIF Factors

Company's Strategies

Innovative Suggestion Biomass

Technology Adoption as

Energy Efficiency

THEORETICAL

FRAMEWORK


Research Methodology

Research Design

Research is an entity that people engage in order to discover

things in a systematic way, and therefore increasing their

knowledge

The several groups of words are important in this definition:

‘systematic way’ and ‘to find out things’. ‘Systematic’

suggest that research is based on logical relationships and not

just beliefs (Ghauri and Gronhaug, 2010).

Keeping a reflective diary or research notebook is also an

effective method


Exploratory study

According to Saunders et al. (2012), an

exploratory study is a valuable means to

generate open questions to discover

what is happening and gain insights about a

topic of interest.

As biomass still not completely

explored in Malaysia, it is

the most suitable research

method to conduct

Research Methodology


Qualitative Method

Qualitative research is

connected with interpretive

philosophy (Denzin and Lincoln 2005).

This is because researchers need to make sense of

the subjective and socially

constructed meaning

Expressed about phenomenon that

is studied by researchers


Qualitative Method

Like biomass, researcher needs to pursuit trust

in the advantages of biomass to the people

and environment

Later on, researcher needs to participate in suggesting innovative

solution for the technology transfer in

biomass industry.

Then researcher needs to access to the meaning of biomass conversion of

biofuel and its technology adoption in

Petronas, Malaysia.

While for in-depth understanding,

researcher needs to study the processes

that take place in biomass production, it

affection to environment, factors


Primary Data

Primary data is the study of

subject root on first hand

investigation.

Researcher had used primary data source in

gathering useful data to explain further what is going

on and what is to be studied in this research.


Secondary data involves the

examination of studied from

other researchers.

Secondary data sources may

include books, articles, journals, or other literary

works.

Secondary Data


Case study method

• Case study is a methodology that is used to explore a single phenomenon (the case) in a natural setting using a variety of methods to obtain in-depth knowledge (Collis and Hussey, 2009).

Respondents

• 10 respondents from the managerial level for staff in PETRONAS Refinery Sungai Udang, Melaka

• 10 respondents were selected from Engineers level which has technical knowledge and experiences

• The rest 10 respondents were collected from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh, Perak.

Method of Primary Data Collection


Time HorizonCross-

sectional

In a cross-sectional study, it involves the study of a particular phenomenon in a

specific time. It always used to describe incidence of a phenomenon.


Internal Validity

Research Objective

Research Question

Research Topic

Scientific Canon Validity


External Validity

Ghauri & Gronhaug (2010) stated that external validity relates to what extent the findings can be generalized to particular persons, settings and times, as well as across types of persons, settings and times

For biomass research, the populations of the respondents should be taking into consideration carefully so as to ensure a precise data is obtained.



Construct validity

This validity refers to the measurement questions actually measure the present of those construct researcher intend to measureConstruct validity also been the key point keep questioned by researcher to ensure they are not bias from the objectives from study by answer their research question



Reliability

Reliability refers to the data collection techniques and analytical procedures that produce consistence findings if they were repeated in another occasion or maybe replicated by the researcher (Saunders et al, 2012). The most important criterion in ensuring reliability is about trustworthiness of the information sources.

Reliability

Scientific Canon


Conclusion

Identifying Factors of Biomass Technology Adoption

Formulate Strategy for the biomass

technology adoption

Method or tool used to study the research involve TEMIF and PSTLE to solve problem

Innovative suggestion are

needed to adopt the technology

Technology Adoption Life Cycle (TALC) is needed

to understand technology

adoption better


Questions Session

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