Clean energy: A gas station worker serves motorists in the West Papua city of Bintuni. The government is promoting biofuels such as B30 biodiesel to reduce the country's dependency on fossil fuels. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto recently ordered state-owned fuel giant Pertamina to revive the program a few days after the company produced an experimental batch of new biodiesel and signed a deal to build a biodiesel catalyst factory.
The minister ordered Pertamina to produce a first-ever 40 percent mixed biodiesel (B40) composed of 30 percent Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME), 10 percent green diesel and 60 percent fossil fuel diesel.
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