Indonesia will implement the B50 program starting in July.

Indonesia will implement a mandatory 50% biodiesel blend in diesel (B50) starting July 1st, the country's Director-General of Renewable Energy, Eniya Listiani Dewi, announced on Thursday (21). The announcement was made during the Indonesian Petroleum Association conference. According to the executive, the country will also begin introducing gasoline with a 5% ethanol blend (E5), initially in selected regions, before gradually expanding nationwide in the coming years. "A ministerial decree will be issued regarding volume allocation, but the minister's directive is that the raw material must be sourced locally," stated Eniya. She added that only three companies have been identified so far as capable of producing approximately 26,000 kiloliters of the biofuel. The Indonesian Ministry of Energy has already published a decree establishing the implementation schedule for the biofuel policy. According to the document, the mandatory E5 fuel will initially be applied on the island of Java between 2026 and 2027. The government's goal is to gradually increase the ethanol blend in gasoline until it reaches 10% in 2028.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.