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View all search resultsGovt to deploy mandatory E5 bioethanol, B50 biodiesel program in July
E5 rollout will be concentrated in key high-consumption regions: East Java, Jakarta, West Java, Banten, Central Java and Yogyakarta.
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Pertamina Technology and Innovation Senior Vice President Oki Muraza is seen on July 24, 2024, at the Pertamina and Toyota Sorghum Bioethanol Prime Filling event held at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition in Tangerang City, Banten.
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he Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry is slated to deploy a 5 percent bioethanol (E5) gasoline program in July, running concurrently with the expansion of a biodiesel mandate, which the administration of President Prabowo Subianto has long touted as a cornerstone of national energy self-sufficiency.
The E5 mandate this year represents a long-delayed milestone, as the Energy Ministry Regulation No. 12/2015 initially required the mandatory use of E5 bioethanol for public service obligation (PSO) purposes to begin in 2020, with E20 enforcement originally planned for 2025.
Energy ministry’s renewables director general Eniya Listiani Dewi stated that the initial rollout would be strategically focused on regions adjacent to domestic ethanol supply sources.
“The E5 mandate will be issued via a Ministerial Decree on volume allocation. God willing, implementation will commence simultaneously with B50,” Eniya said on the sidelines of the 2026 Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) Convention and Exhibition in BSD City, Tangerang, on Thursday, as reported by Bisnis.
She pointed to the planned increase in palm oil content in the biodiesel mandate from 40 percent (B40) to 50 percent (B50).
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Eniya emphasized that Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia had instructed that all raw materials for the E5 program must be sourced locally. The ministry has identified three domestic ethanol suppliers with a combined production capacity of 26,000 kiloliters of fuel-grade ethanol. The specific distribution of this volume will be detailed in the upcoming regulation.
