This BCX auction aims to shape the domestic carbon market landscape by facilitating a price discovery for the trading of biomass carbon credits generated from technology-based carbon projects in Malaysia. The auction will continue to provide a reference price for carbon credit trading and set a tangible price signal for potential project developers.

Auction Details
Tentative Date: 29 September 2026
Time: Malaysia time (MYT)
Bidding Window: 1st Session — 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
2nd Session — 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Contract Type: Malaysia Technology-Based Carbon Contract (MTC)
Standard: Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)
Volume: To be confirmed
Bidder's requirement: Entity must first be onboarded as an approved Participant of BCX
Bidding Process: Full pre-funding amount is required to cover the bid and transaction costs.
Bids are to be submitted by bidders via BCX’s auction system.
Allocation: Allocation ranking will be prioritised on a price-volume-time-basis.
Payment: Auction is based on pay-as-bid. Once allocation is completed at the end of auction, successful bidders will pay based on the price they have submitted for their bid.
Terms and conditions apply.
Project
Project Name: The Malaysia Grouped Biomass Waste Recovery and Utilization Project
Project Type: Energy industries (renewable/non-renewable sources)
Contract Type: Malaysia Technology-Based Carbon Contract (MTC)
Project ID: 5542
Vintage: v2023 and/or v2024 (To be confirmed)
Location: Penang, Malaysia
Project Status: Registered
Reserve Price / Contract: RM25-RM30 (To be confirmed)

The Malaysia Grouped Biomass Waste Recovery and Utilization Project is a national-scale initiative aimed at catalysing the transition from underutilised biomass waste to sustainable energy generation in Malaysia. Through this approach, the project delivers dual climate benefits: avoiding landfill-related CH₄ emissions and reducing CO₂ emissions associated with coal and gas combustion. This grouped project aggregates multiple sites and technologies under a single framework, significantly reducing transaction and validation costs particularly benefiting small and medium-scale facilities that previously lacked the financial or technical means to participate in carbon markets.

Under the grouped project structure, each participating mill is treated as a separate Project Activity Instance (PAI). For this monitoring period, the project currently includes two PAIs: PAI 1, Muda Paper Mills Sdn. Bhd., and PAI 2, Eppor Pack Sdn. Bhd., both located in Penang. Both PAIs utilise biomass waste as a renewable energy source to generate heat and electricity, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and contributing emission reductions that generate carbon credits under the registered grouped project. As a grouped project, additional eligible mills may be added as new PAIs in future monitoring periods.

Webinar


To find out more, BCX, in collaboration with Climate Quest Sdn Bhd, is delighted to host a webinar on Malaysia’s first technology-based biomass carbon credits auction, providing you a firsthand insight on the upcoming auction.

Join Muhammad Rizal Azmi, Vice President, Business & Product Development, BCX and Alice Yeo, Managing Director at Climate Quest Sdn Bhd as they:

  • Introduce the Malaysia Grouped Biomass Waste Recovery and Utilization Project
  • Explain the auction format
  • Describe the process of participating in the auction
  • Answer your questions via a Q&A session
About the Speakers
Muhammad Rizal Azmi has close to two decades of experience across power, renewables and sustainability. Starting as a production engineer, he transitioned to business development at Malakoff Corporation, Malaysia’s largest power producer. Between 2015-2017, he undertook a passion project in organic farming, before returning to corporate business development roles. This includes venturing into the district cooling sector under the ENGIE Group, and eventually the solar sector under Plus Xnergy.
Rizal’s foray into the carbon industry started with him joining Bureau Veritas, a leading carbon validation & verification body (VVB). He is currently the Vice President of Business & Product Development at Bursa Carbon Exchange (BCX), playing a key role in shaping the future of voluntary carbon and renewable energy certificates (RECs) trading. Rizal is an engineering graduate of University Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and holds a MicroMasters in Sustainable Energy from University of Queensland.
Alice Yeo is the Managing Director of Climate Quest Sdn. Bhd., leading carbon project development and sustainability advisory work across Southeast Asia. She has worked on 60+ carbon project feasibility studies, with 20+ projects in the pipeline across sectors such as biomass, biogas, landfill gas, plastic credits, and RECs.
She led the development of Malaysia’s first Verra VCS registered grouped biomass carbon project, enabling smaller project owners to access the voluntary carbon market. Climate Quest is now scaling similar grouped models across multiple project types.
Alice provides end-to-end support from feasibility to issuance and trading, including monetisation and investment facilitation, bridging technical carbon development with commercial market access.
Register Your Interest
If you would like to be part of our First Malaysia Technology-Based Biomass Carbon Credits Auction, please register your company’s interest by completing the form below. And we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
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