Getting To Know Pertamax Green 95, Pertamina's Environmental Friendly Fuel

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YOGYAKARTA PT Pertamina (Persero) will launch the latest fuel oil (BBM) with a higher research octane number (RON) than Pertamax. The fuel is named Pertamax Green 95. Well, for those who want to get to know Pertamax Green 95 more deeply, let's see the following article.

Pertamax Green 95 is Pertamina's latest fuel with higher quality than Pertamax (RON 92) but below Pertamax Turbo (RON 98).

Pertamax Green 95 is made from a mixture of BBM Pertamax 92 with 5 percent ethanol. The Etanol comes from sugarcane molase plant materials. Because the manufacturing process uses a mixture of ethanol fuel, Pertamax Green 95 can be called bioethenol fuel.

Pertamina President Director Nicke Widyawati said bioethenol is a form of renewable energy produced from plants through the fermentation process.

He added that ethanil can be produced from common plants, one of which is sugar cane. Even so, Nicke ensures that the manufacture of ethanol will not affect sugar production in the market.

"The ethanol is from sugar cane molasses, will this be contested by sugar factories? No, this is just sugar cane drops, so the road sugar factory has sugar cane drops and our potential is large. Besides that, it can also be made from cassava, from cassava, from corn too," explained Nicke.

Pertamax Green will be the second type of fuel mixed with vegetable ingredients. Previously, Pertamina had sold biodesel which is a mixture of 35 percent palm oil and 65 percent diesel

Adapted from the official website of the Directorate General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE), bioethenol fuel has a number of benefits.

First, the use of plant-based fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 43 percent including carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and PM2 particles and increase the renewable energy mix which is targeted to reach 23 percent by 2025.

The greenhouse gas emission can be suppressed because ethanol as gasohol has an octane value of 128, so mixing with gasoline will increase the octane and quality of fuel burning.

The presence of Pertamax Green 95 fuel is one of the efforts of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) to reduce carbon emissions.

Pertamax Green 95 Price

Deputy Minister of SOEs I Pahala Nugraha Mansyuri said that Pertamax Green 95 will be sold at competitive prices. Surabaya and Jakarta are the first locations for the sale of Pertamax Green 95.

"God willing, if not this week, in July we will do it. We plan to start in East Java and then in DKI," said Pahala Monday, July 3, 2023, quoted from VOI.

Pahala said that this green fuel product will be priced around Rp. 13,200 per liter at the 17 gas stations.

"In the range of Rp. 13,200, God willing, that's the range," he said.

Regarding the location of the sales trial, Pahala said there would be 17 points for Public Fuel Filling Stations (SPBU).

"There are probably 17 gas stations that will sell Pertamax Green 95. Approximately 11 points in East Java, maybe 6 in Jakarta," said Pahala.

That's the information about Pertamax Green 95. Hopefully this article can allow readers to get to know Pertamax Green 95 more deeply. Read on VOI.ID to get news updates of other selected options.