Save for later Print Download Share LinkedIn Twitter Indonesia plans to increase its consumption of biofuels next year to reduce costly imports of refined products. Jakarta will increase the mandatory biofuel content of diesel from the current 30% to 40% in 2023, Energy Minister Arifin Tasrif told a recent conference in Singapore. A 50,000 km road test is expected to end this month, with early results showing that cars "can operate normally and smoothly" on a 40% biodiesel blend said Dadan Kusdiana, the energy ministry's director general of renewable energy. Two different blends are being tested — one using 30% biodiesel made from palm oil, 10% hydrotreated vegetable oil and 60% diesel, and the second using 40% biodiesel made from palm oil and 60% diesel.
