ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – The First Commercial BioCNG/Biomethane Factory in Indonesia, located at Bangkatan POM, Bangkatan Village, Kuala District, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province, officially operated on Monday, January 22 2024, after going through a construction process for approximately a year and three month.
This factory was built by PT KIS Biofuel Indonesia, part of the plan to build 25 Bio-CNG factories with a capacity of 15,500 M3 BioCNG/day each, with a total of 387,500 M3 Bio-CNG per day, which is estimated to result in a reduction of 3.7 million tons of Co2 per year and generates 3.7 million carbon credits per year.
“We really appreciate the success of the first BioCNG Plant Construction project that has been implemented by the KIS Group in Langkat. We hope that this BioCNG plant will run well and make a significant contribution in supporting the energy transition in Indonesia, especially in the context of utilizing biogas into energy,” said Director of Bioenergy, Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Edi Wibowo.
Edi said, in supporting the energy transition program, the Indonesian Government through various documents and policies has developed targets, strategies and programs for the use of new renewable energy in a gradual, measurable and fast manner. Among them is by setting a target for EBT utilization of 23% by 2025 as stated in the National Energy Policy.
The Indonesian government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has also prepared a Grand National Energy Strategy (GSEN) as an effort to reduce dependence on fossil energy consumption, including a breakthrough that is currently in the study stage, namely the use of large-scale or industrial biogas as a substitute for LPG, namely Bio-CNG or CBG (Compressed Biomethane Gas).
To develop BioCNG, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is making various efforts such as issuing SNI 9164 Biomethane for Fuel in 2023 together with BSN, as well as going live and launching KBLI 35203 Business Licensing for the procurement of bio gas which supports licensing of biogas as fuel. together with the Ministry of BKPM.
Apart from that, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is also collaborating with several partners in order to develop the BioCNG Project through plant construction projects, pre-feasibility studies, economic studies, trade policy studies and industrial studies and BioCNG raw materials.
The government hopes that BioCNG can be used to replace non-subsidized LPG for the industrial and commercial sectors (12 and 50 kg), so that it can become one of the solution options in the Government’s efforts to reduce LPG imports.
Meanwhile, the CEO of PT KIS Biofuel Indonesia, Ragunath, expressed his hope that Indonesia will become the largest BioCNG producer in Asia.
“I want to thank Unilever, AEP and KIS Group for their extraordinary support. I believe in Indonesia,” he added. (AT Network)
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