News — news and analysis from Media Biodiesel, covering Indonesian biodiesel and renewable energy. Updated as new articles are published.
Thailand is expanding palm-based B20 with price subsidies and more than 600 stations, after raising standard diesel from B5 to B7 in March 2026 to curb oil imports.
APROBI says biodiesel capacity must rise from about 22 million kL to 24 million kL for B50, while Pertamina Patra Niaga is preparing larger FAME tanks at several…
Interim B50 road-test results on nine diesel vehicles show engines and filters in good condition. B100 specs for B50 are tighter: water 300 ppm, monoglycerides 0.47%,…
The Clean Transition Coalition urged a review of B50, warning of 1.5 million hectares of potential deforestation and food inflation. The government stresses energy…
Riau's Plantation Office set the top FFB price at IDR 4,007.05 per kg for 8–14 April 2026, a second weekly rise on the back of higher CPO and kernel prices.
ESDM says B50 trials in mining heavy equipment passed 900 hours without engine trouble. A comparison of two Komatsu HD785 units found B50 used about 3.12% more fuel.
Pupuk Indonesia and Danantara have proposed two methanol plants in Lhokseumawe and Bontang, 1 million tonnes each, as methanol demand under B50 is projected to rise to…
Auriga Nusantara says Indonesia lost 433,751 hectares of forest in 2025, the most in eight years. The Ministry of Forestry welcomed the findings but noted…
Coordinating Minister Airlangga announced the B50 mandate from 1 July 2026 in response to oil price volatility, claiming IDR 48 trillion in subsidy savings and 4…
EPA finalised 2026–2027 RFS obligations, setting biomass-based diesel at 9.07 billion RINs in 2026 and 9.20 billion in 2027. From 2028, foreign feedstocks earn only…
Indonesia's 2025 CPO output rose 7.26% to 51.66 million tonnes. Biodiesel used 12.704 million tonnes, about 51% of domestic demand, while year-end stocks fell to 2.068…
PMK 9/2026 raises the CPO export levy from 10% to 12.5% from 1 March 2026. Every product group goes up, including biodiesel FAME from 4.75% to 7.25%.
