PLN is Requested to Use Biodiesel

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources encourages the use of palm oil fuels at diesel power plants (PLTD) to achieve new and renewable energy (EBT) portions of 23% by 2025. Minister of EMR Ignatius Jonan said to achieve the 23% EBT energy mix target in 2025 is not easy. Currently, the new EBT mix reaches about 13%. Therefore, a number of steps that will be taken to encourage the improvement of the EBT mix, among others, encourage PT PLN (Persero) to replace all diesel plants using 100% palm oil as fuel. The total capacity of PLTD which operated by PLN is recorded at 3,200 megawatts (MW). According to him, if all the power plants use oil palm then the increase in EBT mix will be quite significant. `If it can be done in 5 years. The EBT adds 5% of current capacity,` he said quoted from Bisnis.com. According to him, the use of 100% palm oil as fuel should no longer be an obstacle. Because, now there are enough technologies that can support the implementation of the plan. `Technology can be used. PLN has also made it, GE can do it, others can also. So, we just have to implement it slowly, maybe about 5-10 years,` he said. In addition to improving the energy mix of EBT, this step also as a solution to absorb domestic production of CPO. (IDN Financials)