Indonesia to go ahead with B50 biodiesel mix in 2026, says Prabowo
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments
The plan to launch B50 was scrapped in January due to technical and funding concerns.
PHOTO: REUTERS
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto said on March 30 during an official visit to Japan that the South-east Asian country will go ahead in 2026 with its B50 palm oil-based biodiesel programme.
“We are going in a big way to biofuel,” Mr Prabowo said at a business forum ahead of his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
“We will produce this year diesel oil from palm oil, and now we are increasing from 40 per cent to 50 per cent.”
In January, the authorities scrapped a plan to launch B50 – a blend of 50 per cent palm oil-based biodiesel and 50 per cent conventional diesel – in 2026 due to technical and funding concerns, instead sticking with the B40 blend.
But there have been talks to revive the plan in the light of the energy supply disruptions brought about by the US-Israeli war with Iran. REUTERS
