ESDM: Indonesia Encourages Utilization Of Biofuels To Achieve Energy Transition

Expert Staff to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) for Strategic Planning, Yudo Dwinanda Priaadi. (Photo: Maria Trisnawati Pongo/VOI)

JAKARTA - Expert Staff of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) for Strategic Planning as Chair of the Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG) Yudo Dwinanda Priaadi said that biofuels for the green economy will be an integral part in achieving a fair, equitable, and people-centered energy transition. .

"Speaking of green jobs, the biofuel industry is the second largest renewable energy sector in terms of employment, behind solar energy. It is estimated that globally the biofuel industry employs about 2.4 million people, not including other related upstream and downstream sectors," Yudo said in a statement. official statement, Friday 17 June.

Yudo said that biofuels also have a significant contribution to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, also related to carbon neutrality.

The sustainable production and use of biofuels can also provide various socioeconomic benefits.

"That is, increasing the diversity and security of energy supply, increasing access to modern energy services, improving air quality, and encouraging sustainable economic development," said Yudo.

Not only that, he said, biofuels will also increase productivity and support the green economy through large-scale development and investment.

"In Indonesia, the Mandatory Biodiesel Program in 2021 has produced around 16.3 million kilo liters, an increase from 13.3 million kilo liters in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. 12 million kilo liters. I also hope that the scale of this massive green economy development will also spread to other G20 countries, "explained Yudo.

The national biofuel program, added Yudo, will be enhanced by the Green Refinery Program which takes a Pilot Project in Cilacap City, Central Java.

This first phase of the project will produce Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) or Green Diesel, a second generation biofuel product from Refined, Bleached, and Deodorized Palm Oil (RBDPO).

Biofuels will also contribute to the G20 to create a green economy and establish closer international cooperation between countries.

Although biofuel sources are limited to certain countries, the downstream economic sector of biofuels and their derivatives is related to all G20 member countries.

"This will make international cooperation in the energy transition and green economy from biofuel have a more significant role," he said.

In terms of innovative technologies, international cooperation and partnerships will strengthen more advanced technology development pathways for the biofuel industry, especially in emerging markets and emerging economies.

"In addition, international partnerships in the biofuel economy will promote wider and sustainable use of biofuels in the transportation sector and other energy-related sectors, due to the significance of biofuels and other bioenergy sectors for energy and the economy in the future," concluded Yudo.