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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.
Elnusa Petrofin received B50 FAME on the vessel MT Ocean Link on 1 July 2026 and a day later shipped industrial B50 to the vessel OB Ocean Brave from IBT Pulau Laut,…
B50 distribution began on 1 July 2026 from 29 of Pertamina Patra Niaga's 126 terminals with an initial volume of about 37.9 million litres; B40 stock may be sold until 30…
Pertamina cut Dexlite from IDR 23,000 to IDR 19,700 and Pertamina Dex to IDR 21,150 per litre from 1 July 2026, the scheduled start date of B50.
The Oil Palm Smallholders Union estimates the CPO export levy rise to 12.5% could cut FFB prices by about IDR 833 per kg, costing farmers up to IDR 500 billion a month.
Bahlil has issued ESDM Decree 257.K/EK.01/MEM.E/2026 requiring B50 in all diesel from 1 July 2026, with 24 test parameters, permit-revocation sanctions and a B40 stock…
Trade Minister Budi Santoso says the Minyakita cooking oil price cap has not risen because CPO prices are not yet stable. The government will widen distribution via Bulog…
Lampung province, Pertamina NRE, TMMIN and Toyota Tsusho signed a declaration for a bioethanol ecosystem built around a 60,000 kL-a-year plant using sorghum, molasses and…
EBTKE Director General Eniya Listiani Dewi said all fuel retailers must blend 5% bioethanol (E5) into non-PSO gasoline from the second half of 2026, starting in Java.
