PLN to continuously develop community-based biomass ecosystem in Indonesia

In Indonesia, Indonesia Business Post reported that Indonesia state power utility PT PLN is committed to continuously support the government’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and increase economic growth through support for clean energy supply.

PLN President Director Darmawan Prasodjo said that the company continues to be committed to supporting the Government in reducing carbon emissions, especially in the electricity sector.

“PLN builds a biomass ecosystem based on people’s economy. In this case we collaborate with the community, local government and related policy makers by utilizing critical lands to supply biomass with an integrated agricultural system,” Darmawan said.

The executive noted that PLN has utilized 3 million tons of biomass in the co-firing program for 46 Steam Power Plants (PLTU) as of the end of the third quarter of 2024.

The report noted that Member of the House of Representatives (DPR), Eddy Soeparno, said that Indonesia, which targets economic growth between 7-8%, certainly requires high energy supply support. He, therefore, sees the importance of a national energy ecosystem that relies on diverse and sustainable energy sources, one of which is biomass.

He said that in order to support this effort, the House and the government have signed a Government Regulation on the National Energy Policy (RPP KEN) in which one of the contents is related to increasing the utilization of biomass or biofuels.

“We have the ability to develop biomass, biofuel. This source can come from energy plantation forests,” Soeparno said in a recent presentation.

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