InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Palm oil biodiesel mandatory program which now reaches 35 percent or (B35) urged crude palm oil (CPO) consumption in this country because most of the absorption is still used to process palm cooking oil. This would be increasing as same as the increasing consumption for biodiesel nationally.
Since biodiesel was introduced from palm oil in 2005, it was in 2,5% or B2,5. It kept being more. In 2010 it was B7,5 and in 2023, it is now B35. The domestic markets do grow. it was only from public service obligation, now it penetrates commercial markets.
What InfoSAWIT knew, B35 was tested in fuel use to vehicles in some periods. This successful story, of course, becomes the reference to B35 use as vegetable fuel for transportation, factories that use diesel engine.
In the fiscal, biodiesel use also supports efficiency in revenue. Fuel imports got less.
Coordinator Minister in Economy Indonesian Republic, Airlangga Hartarto said, biodiesel in palm oil base is the renewable energy program from vegetable oil. The government would consistently implement such program.
Biodiesel could be the benchmark for other countries in G20 for it uses vegetable fuel in renewable base. In addition, many still depend on fuel in petroleum – base until now.
Airlangga thought, biodiesel would consistently run in Indonesia for energy independency nationally. “Indonesia is the most consistent of all countries that is implementing renewable energy from vegetable oil,” he said to journalists some time ago.
Energy independency in renewable and environmental – base that the Government of Indonesia consistently implements would save the exchange because of the decreasing fuel imports.
Daily Chairman of Asosiasi Produsen Biofuel Indonesia (Aprobi), Paulus Tjakrawan said that the successful story in biodiesel program by the government happens for the supports biodiesel industries to supply the needs nationally.
Back to Airlangga, he thought, this would encourage energy independence nationally and save the exchange. “Biodiesel program is now 35%. It is hoped to escalate in the future. In 2023 biodiesel application would have been reaching 13,15 million kiloliters, could minimize diesel imports up to Rp 140 trillion," Airlangga said.
For information, biodiesel mandatory program is renewable energy program that the government proposed that uses CPO derivative products, which is, fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) in certain percentage. It is mixed to diesel in petroleum – base. The program keeps increasing in its mixture from 2,5% up to 35% in 2023. It is predicted, CPO consumption would be more than 13 million tons and domestic consumption on CPO would be in good progress for the increasing biodiesel use nationally. (T1)
