InfoSAWIT, YOGYAKARTA – Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource Indonesian Republic started biodiesel 40 percent (B40) fuel for diesel machine in train sector. The kick off was conducted on Monday (22/7/2024) at Pusat Uji Sarana Kereta (PUK) LPN, City of Yogyakarta. B40 is the mixture of 40 percent of crude palm oil (CPO) and 60 percent of diesel.
General Director of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Eniya Listiani Dewi said that the test would be the first move to make sure B40 application would run well in trains. The test itself started from Lempuyangan Station, Yogyakarta to Senen Station, Jakarta. "We hope some points from the B40 application, namely in emission reduction,” Eniya said, as InfoSAWIT quoted from Tribun Jogja, Tuesday (23/7/2024).
The test would be running, at least, 1200 hours of journey. It is predicted to be about two months. Every trip from Yogyakarta to Jakarta would spend about 22 hours.
She also emphasized the changing application of B40 would be in phase in some sectors. Last year, the automotive sectors succeeded in B40 application. This year, there would be five sectors, such as, mining, train, agricultural tools, ship, and powerplants.
Besides train sector, B40 kick off would be happening in maritime and agricultural tool sectors. It is planned to be in Balikpapan in this very short. Every result from the tests would be gathered in December 2024 and in 2024, B40 could be applied widely.
B40 application in non-automotive sectors should reach 16 million kiloliters. This should get emission reduction up to 14,6 million tons of CO2. Eniya said the exchange could be saved up to nine billion American dollar by implanting B40. “The numbers would be very significant with the estimation up to 122 trillion rupiah when we applied B35," she said.
Vice President of Logistics PT KAI, Suryawan Putra Hia did support the government by providing generator set and locomotive as the test tools. Suryawan would be optimist that B40 application would not significantly deliver impacts for train machine. “So far, there is no issue in biodiesel application for train,” he said. (T2)
