JAKARTA: The Indonesia Biodiesel Producers Association (APROBI) estimates the country may export up to 2 million kilolitres (kl) of unblended biodiesel in 2019 in an “optimistic scenario”, Vice Chairman Paulus Tjakrawan told reporters on Thursday. In a “pessimistic scenario”, he said biodiesel exports this year would be around 1 million to 1.2 million kl. This […]

Trading house Itochu Corp. will start a business that generates electricity from the unused parts of pineapples in the Philippines. Itochu group company Dole Philippines Inc., which produces pineapples and bananas in the Southeast Asian country for export to North America and Japan, has tied up with a local venture company for the project. While […]

JAKARTA, March 27 (Reuters) – A senior Indonesian minister warned on Wednesday Southeast Asia’s biggest economy could consider exiting the Paris climate deal if the European Union goes ahead with a plan to phase out palm oil in renewable transportation fuel. Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, has lashed out at the EU after […]

The government has said Indonesia will accelerate the mandatory use of 30 percent blended biodiesel ( B30 ) in anticipation of the European Union’s move to ban palm oil-based biofuel in its member countries. Its mandatory use was set to take effect in 2020 but it was brought forward to September in response to the […]

Thai renewable power operators plan to file a lawsuit against a new version of the power development plan (PDP) 2018-37 after seeing it has a lower quota for renewable power generation. Pajon Sriboonruang, president of the Thai Biogas Trade Association (TBTA), said the power capacity quota from renewable energy in the PDP is lower than […]

[HELSINKI] Finnish biofuel producer and oil refiner Neste said on Wednesday it will boost its biofuel production capacity in Singapore with a bigger-than-expected investment of 1.4 billion euros (S$2.2 billion). Neste, 44.75 per cent owned by the state of Finland, has in recent years emerged as one of the leading players in the renewable diesel […]

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s initiatives to use palm-based biodiesel as fuel will reduce stock and stabilise commodity prices amid attempts by others to restrict its export and sales, said the Prime Minister. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who drove home the point when he arrived for the launch of the B10 biodiesel at the wheel of a Peugeot […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia aims to double the palm oil content in biodiesel used for the transport sector to 20% next year, as Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy looks to cut record stockpiles and boost prices, a government minister said today. The government will also raise the palm oil content in biofuel for the industrial sector to […]

A survey of multiple HCMC-based filling stations showed that biofuel consumption rose to 40% from the previous 30%, while that of the fossil type RON 95 gasoline declined to 60% from 70%. After the price adjustment, the retail price of E5 biofuel was VND1,500 per liter lower than that of RON 95 gasoline, resulting in […]

BANGCHAK will invest US$50 million in startups within the next five years in order to expand their core business and technologies with the goal to emerge as the leading innovative group of its kind in the Asean bloc. The firm expects to generate revenue growth to more than double in the next five years. The […]