Watchdog head urges palm oil industry to look beyond forests in climate fight
KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The next big challenge for palm oil growers is to go beyond curbing deforestation and look at how they can slash planet-warming emissions throughout their supply chains, the outgoing head of the industry’s watchdog said on Tuesday. The sector has come under scrutiny in recent years from green activists […]
Japan to Help Indonesia Develop Hydropower, Waste-to-Energy Facility
Jakarta. Japan has expressed interest in new investments covering a wide range of sectors from fisheries and tourism to hydropower and waste-to-energy facilities, a minister said on Friday. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi was in Indonesia to hold a series of high-level meetings with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, his counterpart Retno Marsudi and Maritime Affairs […]
Indonesia plans B40 biodiesel road tests in April
JAKARTA: Indonesia‘s energy ministry plans to start road tests for a biodiesel programme with 40 per cent bio-content (B40) in April, a government official said on Thursday. Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil producer, last year had increased the mandatory bio-content of its biodiesel programme to 30 per cent, known as B30, which is expected to cut the […]
to-the-point: Thai waste-to-energy plant of 4.8 MW starts ops
December 31 (Renewables Now) – A waste-to-energy plant with an installed capacity of 4.8 MW has started commercial operation in Thailand on December 27, Thai company B.Grimm Power PCL (SET:BGRIM) said in a bourse filing on Monday. The project has been developed by Progress Interchem (Thailand) Co Ltd in which B.Grimm holds a 48% stake. […]
Energy Ministry catches fire, cheaper B10 and E20 starts Thursday
The Energy Ministry has decided to postpone the effective date for cutting retail prices for biodiesel B10 and gasohol E20 by one baht per litre from Wednesday to Thursday because the ministry’s buildings caught fire on Wednesday, rendering officials unable to conduct a meeting. The State Oil Fund Administrative Committee previously planned to approve this […]
Homegrown fuel: Jokowi kicks off B30 policy
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has symbolically kicked off the mandatory use of B30 biodiesel – eight days ahead of Jan. 1, when the policy was initially scheduled to go into force. B30 refers to a biodiesel blend containing 30 percent fuel produced from palm oil. “We can say that this B30 policy can save us […]
Indonesia launches B30 biodiesel to cut costs, boost palm oil
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Monday launched biodiesel containing 30% palm-based fuel, the highest mandatory mix in the world, in a bid to slash its fuel import bill and boost domestic palm oil consumption.
Southeast Asia’s palm oil industry touts sustainability narrative, but activists cast doubts
SIAK, Riau: Kimia Tirta Utama Junior High School is located amid 6,400ha of palm plantation owned by Indonesian palm oil producer PT Kimia Tirta Utama (KTU). With palm trees being a familiar plant in their surroundings, the 282 students are taught sustainable agriculture from an early age.
