Coconut Reject Will Be Developed Into Bioavtur

Director of Bioenergy of the Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Edi Wibowo. (Photo: Doc. KESDM)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) revealed further plans regarding the development of coconut as a bioavtur or fuel for aircraft.

Just so you know, the government will develop a head that is not well consumed (reject) as a bioavtur.

"Indeed, coconut-reject is one of the potentials to become the raw material for bioavtur, SAF," said Director of Bioenergy at the Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Edi Wibowo to the media in Jakarta, Monday, September 9.

Regarding the implementation of this bioavtur, there are several things that still have to be completed, including the cultivation of coconut commodities which are currently still being carried out in people's plantations and have not been further industrialized.

For this reason, he continued, there are additional plans for the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) to manage outside palm oil commodities such as cocoa to coconut.

He also said that the raw materials for bioavtur had also been studied in depth by cooperating with Japan and academics from within the country.

"In the study, Japan has done it. In us, some academics have also done it," he said.

Previously, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) asked for downstreaming of coconut commodities by processing their waste into bioenergy and bioavtur so that it could provide added value to the green economy.

"I see a lot of coconut waste now becoming bioenergy. This is important, I think in the future, this can continue to be developed. Then coconut can also become bioavtur," said President Jokowi at the 51st Cocotech Conference in Surabaya, East Java, Antara, Monday, July 22.

Indonesia is the second producer of coconut commodities in the world after the Philippines with a coconut area of 3.8 million hectares and production reaches 2.8 million tons per year and the export value reaches 1.55 billion US dollars.

"This is very important for Indonesia as the second largest coconut producer in the world," he said.