Program B40 Baru Berjalan Penuh Di Februari 2025

Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Yuliot Tanjung (Photo: Maria Trisnawati/VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Yuliot Tanjung revealed that the 40 percent biodiesel (B40) mixed fuel program will only run fully in February 2025.

Yuliot said this was because this program had to go through a transition period of 1.5 months before it was fully implemented. In fact, this program should have started running on January 1, 2025.

"For the mandatory January 1. But there is (transition), maybe only 1.5 months from January 1 to February," Yuliot told the media crew at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Building, Friday, January 3.

Yuliot added that this transition period is needed to adapt the technology needed for this new fuel. In addition, for B40 mixing from the previous in the form of B35.

"For the transition period, it costs stock and also adapts to technology. Some are in the mixing process which was B35 to B40, there is technological adjustment. We give about 1.5 months," explained Yuliot.

Furthermore, Yuliot emphasized that this program will be announced by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia in the near future.

However, Yukiot also leaked biodiesel for B40 throughout 2025 which will be allocated for 15.6 million kiloliters (KL). The amount of this allocation has gone through the verification stage by the biofuel business entity (BU BBN).

"We have done it. We will see technically whether they can meet the established standards. It turns out that from the field conditions it allows them to meet the technical specifications set," said Yuliot.