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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%.
Treasury and the IRS released proposed 45Z rules on 3 February 2026: biofuel produced after 2025 earns the credit only if its feedstock comes from North America. The…
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.
The first 2026 smallholder replanting (PSR) batch spans 11 provinces, led by Riau with 1,825.7 hectares. BPDP is aiming for 50,000 hectares this year.
ESDM Decree 439.K/EK.01/MEM.E/2025 sets the 2026 biodiesel allocation at 15.65 million kL: 7.45 million kL PSO and 8.19 million kL non-PSO, with 32 fuel companies and…
Oil World's Thomas Mielke said B50 needs at least 2.2 million tonnes more vegetable oil and could spark a global price spike, with Indonesian palm output seen falling…
Indonesia set the November 2025 CPO reference price at US$963.75/tonne, up US$0.14. Export duty is US$124/tonne and the levy US$96.37/tonne; the B50 plan helped support…
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…
