Indonesia accelerates plan to expand sugarcane and ethanol production.

THE president of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, announced a plan, this Friday (17), to accelerate the expansion of national production of sugarcane and bioethanolfocusing on Strengthening energy security and in increased fuel supply renewable in the country. According to the government, the Ministry of Agriculture received the directive to complete the program of replanting of sugarcane fields in two years, reducing the initially planned timeframe of four years by half. According to data from the ministry, the Indonesia It currently has approximately 540,000 hectares cultivated with sugarcaneIn addition to renewing the sugarcane fields, the president intends to install at least 30 new bioethanol plants, with the goal of guaranteeing the necessary supply for the expansion of national program ethanol blend with gasolineThe strategy calls for the adoption of a minimum blend of 5% ethanol in the non-subsidized gasoline sold on the island of Java between 2026 and 2027, a percentage that is expected to rise to 10% by 2028, as part of the government's policy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and expand the use of biofuels.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.