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Indonesia Plans Increase in Palm Oil-based Biodiesel In 2025

JAKARTA, July 24 (Reuters) – Indonesia, the world’s greatest palm oil manufacturer, is testing fuel with a view to increasing to 40% from 35% the share of palm-oil blended into biodiesel next year, the energy ministry stated.

If carried out, the B40 required might increase biodiesel usage to up to 16 million kilolitres (KL) next year, the ministry said, from 13 million KL approximated to be consumed in 2024.

“We hope the trials might be completed in December, so that complete implementation of B40 might be performed in 2025,” energy ministry senior main Eniya Listiani Dewi stated in a declaration on Tuesday.

The Indonesian Biofuel Producers Association (APROBI) stated the industry had the capability to satisfy B40 demand, with installed capability anticipated to rise to 20 million KL each year next year from 18 million KL now.

“However we will need more basic materials to meet B40 need,” Ernest Gunawan, the secretary general of APROBI told Reuters on Wednesday.

The biodiesel industry would need 13.9 million metric heaps of unrefined palm oil to produce 16 million KL biodiesel next year, from the approximated 11 million heaps required this year, he added.

Indonesia’s greatest palm oil association GAPKI stated a decrease in exports suggested there would be adequate basic materials to supply the B40 mandate for now.

But the industry would require to assess “which one would be better”, GAPKI chairman Eddy Martono said, describing the possibility a boost in exports would make supplying the domestic market less viable.

Indonesia’s palm oil output is approximated to reach 54.4 million heaps in 2024, a 2.26% increase from last year, while exports are anticipated to decline by 2.47% to 29.5 million loads as domestic usage rose, driven by biodiesel mandate.

The ministry had tested the biodiesel, combined with 40% of palm oil, on a train for the very first time earlier today, while preparing to test the B40 mix on farming machinery, power plants and in the shipping market, it said. (Reporting by Bernadette Christina and Dewi Kurniawati; Writing by Stanley Widianto; Editing by John Mair, Savio D’Souza and Lewis)

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