Media Biodiesel articles on Sustainability: news, data and analysis on Indonesian biodiesel.
Hashim Djojohadikusumo says feedstock for B50–B100 biodiesel will come from damaged forests, not primary forest. The land figures and definitions still need…
An SFOC film traces Indonesian palm oil supply chains into South Korea's biodiesel market, now 72% reliant on palm feedstock. Here is the context for Indonesia's B50…
Foreign-exchange savings, lower emissions and millions of jobs, but also open questions on funding, the food-energy balance and sustainability.
ILUC is the risk that biofuel demand drives land conversion elsewhere. The EU uses it to freeze palm biodiesel at 2019 levels and remove it from targets by 2030.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
