Every biodiesel blend increase is preceded by lab tests, road tests over tens of thousands of kilometres, cold-start trials and engine inspections. Here are the stages…
Biosolar, Dexlite and Pertamina Dex differ in cetane number, sulphur content, subsidy status and B50 content. Here is a comparison and a guide to choosing.
A practical guide to looking after a diesel vehicle's fuel system after B50: water separators, filters, tank cleanliness and storage tank handling for fleets.
ESDM Regulation 3/2026 requires ISPO certification for palm bioenergy businesses from 20 March 2027. An LPEM UI researcher warns it could squeeze smallholders out.
SAF must meet CORSIA sustainability criteria and be certified by an ICAO-approved scheme before airlines can claim emission reductions. Here is how the system works.
Indonesia's 2026 biodiesel incentive needs have been revised down from a projected IDR 47 trillion to about IDR 32–32.3 trillion. BPDP and the ESDM minister say palm…
ITB researchers presented BENSA (palm gasoline) at BPDP on 15 July 2026. They propose distributed mini-refineries, but say economics remains the main hurdle.
The European Commission is extending the EUDR to palm derivatives used for oleochemicals from 30 December 2027 and dropping cattle leather. Indonesia keeps pressing for…
EBTKE Director General Eniya Listiani Dewi says Indonesia needs about four new 500,000-scale biodiesel plants, even though 22 million kL of installed capacity already…
The European Parliament objected to a Commission rule adding soybean to the high ILUC-risk list, while backing the phase-down of palm-based biodiesel by 2030.
State plantation firm Agrinas Palma Nusantara will reactivate a damaged biodiesel plant in Rengat, Riau, with 600,000 tonnes of annual capacity, targeting production by…
ESDM set the July 2026 biodiesel HIP at IDR 14,562 per litre excluding transport, down IDR 81 from June, while the bioethanol HIP rose to IDR 10,933 per litre.
