JAKARTA: Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil exporter, plans to finish research into biodiesel containing 40 per cent palm oil by November, the head of the energy ministry’s research department said on Wednesday. The country will implement the mandatory use of biodiesel containing 40 per cent palm oil, known as B40, in July 2021 as it seeks to increase domestic […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has reaffirmed that Indonesia’s future natural resources policy will focus on “massive downstreaming” to produce higher-value products. The President, speaking before legislators, officials, political elites and foreign ambassadors, highlighted the country’s ambitious plans to develop domestic oil refineries, metal smelters, coal-to-gas facilities and better palm-oil based biodiesel.

Indonesia must use the pandemic to reboot South East Asia’s biggest economy, including by improving food and energy security, as well as processing more natural resources at home, President Joko Widodo said on Friday. Mr Widodo made the remarks in his annual state of the union speech to parliament. Due to coronavirus precautions, less than half […]

JAKARTA, July 30 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s plans to raise the bio-content of its palm oil-based biodiesel to 40% – known as B40 – is back on schedule with a target for implementation by July 2021, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said on Thursday. Indonesia, which has been increasing the palm oil content of its […]

MELAKA, July 3 — The Ministry of Housing and Local Government aims to have at least six waste-to-energy (WTE) plants to be built nationwide by 2021. Minister of Housing and Local Government Zuraida Kamaruddin said the WTE system is cleaner, more productive and economical than conventional landfill that requires a large area of land.

Shan State’s  Inle is one of the most beautiful places in the country, perhaps in the region, so clean are the town’s air and the water flowing through the mountain streams. Situated in this “little heaven on earth”, as one Trip Advisor review puts it, is Oakkar Phyo Maung’s Horse Club. The Inle Horse club […]

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) will ask energy officials to increase support of waste-to-energy schemes to better dispose of increasing amounts of industrial waste caused by state promotion of domestic investment.

The enforcement of Euro 5 emissions standards will be postponed from 2024 after lockdown measures halted upgrade plans at six refineries, says the Energy Business Department. The upgrade requires technical help from overseas experts who are unable to visit Thailand because of travel restrictions imposed during the pandemic, said department chief Nanthika Thangsupanich.

[KUALA LUMPUR] Asian palm oil producers, long at loggerheads with the European Union over curbs on imports of the edible oil, have offered to “work together” with the European Commission in drafting rules for the EU’s latest “Farm to Fork” food supply policy.

[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is losing up to 25 per cent of its potential palm oil yield due to a labour shortage that is expected to worsen in the coming months, the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) said on Monday. The group, which represents plantation firms, said the government’s decision to freeze the recruitment of new foreign […]