{
  "id": 9442809,
  "title": "Indonesia Pushes Biofuel Expansion, Energy Reserves to Cut Import Dependence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/indonesia-pushes-biofuel-expansion-energy-reserves-to-cut-import",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-23T23:32:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tempo.co English",
    "slug": "tempo-co-english",
    "url": "https://en.tempo.co/read/2120207/indonesia-pushes-biofuel-expansion-energy-reserves-to-cut-import-dependence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Energy Council of Indonesia is actively promoting domestic biofuel production to decrease the nation's reliance on foreign energy imports. During an energy policy outreach event in Jambi, DEN stakeholder Muhammad Kholid Syeirazi outlined plans to intensify production of both fossil and non-fossil fuels, emphasizing the importance of reducing import dependency. The government's strategy involves expanding biofuel mandates, currently enforced through a B35 biodiesel program, with aspirations to reach a B50 blend. President Prabowo Subianto's directives have also spurred DEN to explore bioethanol development, aiming to achieve an E50 gasoline blend by 2030. To meet these targets, substantial feedstock and capacity enhancements are necessary; for example, scaling up biodiesel production to a B50 blend would require increasing palm oil production from the current 60,000 kiloliters to an estimated 16.5 million kiloliters annually. Similarly, bioethanol mandates demand a significant expansion of domestic production capacity from 60,000 kiloliters to 16.5 million kiloliters. The National Energy Council is concurrently finalizing arrangements to establish strategic energy reserves, aiming to ensure a 30-day reserve of imports by 2035, with the ultimate goal of maintaining 60 to 90 days of reserves. Immediate efforts are focused on launching a five-to-ten-day reserve reserve reserve, with plans to gradually expand to the desired level.",
  "summary": "Indonesia plans to raise biodiesel blending to B50 and target E50 bioethanol by 2030 while building strategic energy reserves to cut imports.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}