Explainers — news and analysis from Media Biodiesel, covering Indonesian biodiesel and renewable energy. Updated as new articles are published.
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.
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.
Biodiesel can cloud and clog filters as temperatures fall. Understand cloud point, CFPP and pour point, why palm is more sensitive, and Indonesia's cold-start tests…
Used cooking oil and kemiri sunan are often named as non-food biodiesel alternatives. Here is their potential, the official figures, and why neither has replaced palm…
Indonesia says B40 cut 38.88 million tonnes of CO₂e in 2025. The climate benefit of palm biodiesel hinges on POME methane capture and where plantations were planted.
Co-processing refines vegetable oil together with fossil feedstock in existing refinery units. How it works, Indonesian examples at Cilacap, and how it differs from…
Under B40, only 7.55 million kL of PSO biodiesel has its price gap covered by BPDP funds. Here is how the incentive is calculated from the HIP gap, where the money…
Developed by ITB and Pertamina, the Merah Putih catalyst is used to make D100 diesel and J2.4 bio-jet fuel from palm oil. PT KSI now produces it in Cikampek: 800 tonnes a…
