Media Biodiesel articles on Palm Oil: news, data and analysis on Indonesian biodiesel.
Malaysian palm oil stocks seen above 3 million tonnes are capping prices despite support from B50 and El Niño. The benchmark fell to RM4,537 after touching RM5,049 in…
Biodiesel is FAME, a plant-based fuel made from palm oil that now makes up half of every litre of Biosolar in Indonesia. Learn the definition, advantages and points to…
Wilmar group head of biofuels Rahul Kale says raising Indonesia's mandate beyond B50 will require new plants, as the government targets B60 in 2027.
GAPKI data show June palm oil product exports reached 3.28 million tonnes, while the average CPO export price fell to US$1,174 per tonne. End-June stocks stood at 2.84…
Bursa Malaysia CPO futures rose to 5,020 ringgit per tonne on 21 August 2026, the highest since December 2024, on Indonesian buying ahead of full B50 and El Niño risk.
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.
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…
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…
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.
