School for Biofuels
INDONESIA - The Lampung provincial administration in INdonesia is to build an biofuel school in Central Lampung regency as part of its plan to become a national bioenergy centre.

Chinese Investment for Sumatra Biodiesel
SUMATRA - A group of Chinese investors have sent a team to North Sumatra to investigate the potention for investing in palm oil biodiesel production.

Biomass Power Plant to be Built by Russian Company
INDONESIA - The South Sulawesi provincial administration in cooperation with a Russian company JSC PromSviaz Automatika will build a biomass powerplant in South Sulawesi expected to...

Biofuel from Seaweed for Korea and Indonesia
INDONESIA - A joint project has been launched between the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)and the Indonesian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to make biodiesel...

Biofuel Policy Could Cut Exports
INDONESIA - Indonesian palm oil exports could fall as the government demands more should be blended with traditional fuels.

Renewable Fuel Corp Acquires Biodiesel Projects
INDONESIA - Renewable Fuel Corp (RFC) a North American producer and supplier of biodiesel and biodiesel blended fuels has acquired Bio Refining Industries, Inc. (BRII) which owns two...

Palm Oil Prices Bottom Out
INDONESIA - Palm oil prices have bottomed out and will be supported by declining supplies and increasing demand for biodiesel, according to the Indonesia Palm Oil Association.

Market Price for CJO Urged
INDONESIA - Experts have urged the government to come up with a market price for crude jatropha oil (CJO) to attract more investors to the country's developing biofuel sector.

Jatropha Faces Lack of Promotion
INDONESIA - The use of the Jatropha curcas plant in biofuels has still not caught on because of certain doubts among farmers and investors about its economic feasibility.

Jatropha-Biofuel Conference to be Held in Indonesia
JAKARTA - Indonesia's Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), in collaboration with Indonesia's second largest cement company PT Indocement, will jointly host an international conference...

D1 Oils Conduct Test for Jatropha Cultivation
INDONESIA - A series of trials testing the cultivation potential of jatropha curcas in poor soils has been set up by D1 Oils, reports Biofuel Review.

Indonesia seeks to nearly double biodiesel output
JAKARTA - Indonesian palm oil-based biodiesel output is expected to nearly double to 1.3 million tonnes this year on expected strong demand in the overseas market, a senior industry...

Farmers suffer from booming palm oil
INDONESIA - The Indonesian Farmers' Union criticized the government Wednesday for mismanagement in the food crop sector, highlighting the massive displacement of farmers by the expansion...

RI aims to cut 30 percent of emissions from energy sector
INDONESIA - Although Indonesia is not bound to emissions targets under the Kyoto Protocol, the government is looking to a 30-percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions from the energy...

Forestry minister visits Indonesia project site
INDONESIA - Indonesia’s Minister for Forestry, M.S. Kaban, visited carbonpositive’s nursery and proposed planting sites in the Nusa Tenggara region in late November 2007.