Certified Malaysian and Indonesian PKS — large-scale supply programs built for European compliance. MSPO and ISCC certified, RED II eligible, delivered to Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Gdansk.
From certified palm oil mills in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Sumatra, and Kalimantan — to your discharge port, under independent survey.
Every cargo originates from MSPO- or ISCC-certified palm oil mills with full chain-of-custody documentation. Mill-level traceability is maintained from kernel separation through to the bill of lading — satisfying the audit requirements of European utility and power station procurement teams.
Our supply programs are structured to meet EU Renewable Energy Directive II (RED II) Article 29 sustainability criteria as a matter of course. GHG savings documentation, no-deforestation attestations, and full RED II compliance packages are delivered with every commercial cargo — not as add-ons, but as standard procedure.
PKSEurope operates at commercial scale: up to 25,000 MT per Supramax shipment, with the flexibility to structure quarterly or annual supply agreements. Our sourcing network spans multiple origin regions, providing redundancy that single-origin suppliers cannot offer. Long-term buyers can expect consistent specifications cargo-to-cargo.
Sourced from certified mills across the Malay Archipelago. Shipped to Europe's primary biomass import terminals.
Palm Kernel Shell is the hard outer casing of the palm kernel, separated as a residual stream during crude palm oil production. Unlike purpose-grown energy crops, PKS requires no dedicated land clearing, no additional fertilisation, and no incremental water use — it is a true industrial byproduct that would otherwise be combusted on-site at the mill. This origin places PKS in a fundamentally different sustainability category from wood pellets produced via dedicated forestry.
For European co-firing operators, PKS delivers a calorific value of 16–19 MJ/kg on an as-received basis — sufficient for blending ratios of 10–30% in existing pulverised coal boilers without major capital modifications to handling or milling equipment. The material's low sulphur content (typically <0.08%) reduces SOx compliance costs, and its ash fusion temperature above 1,200°C is compatible with standard slag-handling infrastructure.
Under EU RED II, certified PKS from MSPO or ISCC supply chains achieves lifecycle GHG savings of up to 70% compared to coal — satisfying the minimum 70% threshold required for existing installations under Article 29.10 from 2026. Our documentation package provides the GHG calculation worksheets, chain-of-custody certificates, and no-deforestation attestations needed by your compliance and sustainability teams.
"PKS is the only large-volume biomass commodity that is simultaneously a certified byproduct, RED II compliant, and deliverable at Supramax scale into existing European port infrastructure — without the capital cost of pellet handling modifications."
PKSEurope serves biomass buyers, utility-scale power producers, and commodity traders across five primary European markets.
Europe's largest PKS import market. Rotterdam serves as the primary discharge hub, with established biomass terminal infrastructure.
View Market →Rapidly growing PKS demand driven by co-firing mandates for coal-based utilities. Gdansk and Gdynia serve as primary import terminals.
View Market →Industrial heat and CHP applications dominate PKS demand. Hamburg serves as the primary northern European transshipment point.
View Market →District heating networks and CHP plants drive consistent PKS demand. Copenhagen and Aarhus handle Scandinavian biomass imports.
View Market →Antwerp's deep-water port capacity and proximity to industrial co-firing installations make Belgium a growing PKS destination.
View Market →Analysis and updates for European biomass procurement professionals.
From 2026, existing biomass installations must demonstrate 70% GHG savings against coal. Here is how MSPO- and ISCC-certified PKS satisfies the calculation methodology under Annex V.
Read Article →Calorific value, bulk density, handling characteristics, certification pathways, and total landed cost — a side-by-side analysis for European biomass buyers switching or blending feedstocks.
Read Article →A step-by-step account of the commercial, logistical, and documentation steps involved in a 20,000 MT PKS shipment from Peninsular Malaysia to the Port of Rotterdam.
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