據油氣新聞網12月8日報道，印尼能源部在一份聲明中表示，該部計劃在三年內從該國的幾個省份開始推廣5%乙醇混合燃料。

該聲明稱，根據與萬隆理工學院(Bandung Institute of Technology)共同制定的新規劃圖，生物乙醇燃料的引入可以從將5%的含糖乙醇與印尼國家石油公司(Pertamina)的90辛烷值或更高辛烷值汽油混合開始，從首都雅加達和東爪哇開始實施。

該規劃圖顯示，從中期來看，這一比例預計將提高到10%，并在人口稠密的爪哇島的其他地區推廣。到2031年，混合燃料中生物乙醇的比例可能提高到15%，并在全國范圍內推廣。

由于燃料價格高企，這個東南亞國家一直在努力推動燃料來源多樣化。

然而，該部生物能源主管Edi Wibowo表示，印度尼西亞需要提高其甘蔗乙醇生產能力。他稱，該國目前的燃料級生物乙醇年產量約為4000萬升。

他在聲明中表示，燃料級生物乙醇生產商的可用供應只能滿足東爪哇和雅加達5.7%的需求，這意味著必須增加供應。

印尼打算擴大甘蔗種植面積，以實現自給自足，并尋求開發可再生的含糖乙醇。

印度尼西亞目前規定柴油中必須含有30%的棕櫚油基燃料，稱為B30，當局稱這有助于該國削減燃料進口費用。

郝芬 譯自 油氣新聞網

原文如下：

Indonesia plans to launch 5pc bioethanol mix of fuel in three years

Indonesia's energy ministry plans to start rolling out a 5 per cent ethanol blend of fuel made using sugarcane in three years time, starting with a few provinces of the country, it said in a statement.

Under a new roadmap, which was developed with the Bandung Institute of Technology, the introduction of bioethanol fuel could begin by mixing 5 per cent sugar-based ethanol with Pertamina's 90-octane or higher octane gasoline, the statement said, with implementation starting in the capital Jakarta and in East Java.

In the medium term, the mix is expected to be increased to 10 per cent and rolled out in other areas on the heavily populated island of Java, the roadmap said. By 2031, the blend could rise to 15 per cent bioethanol in fuel and by distributed nationally.

The Southeast Asian country has been trying to boost efforts to diversify fuel sources due to high fuel prices.

However, Indonesia needed to expand its production capacity of ethanol made from sugarcane, said Edi Wibowo, bioenergy director at the ministry. He said the country's annual production of fuel-grade bioethanol was currently around 40,000 kilolitres.

"Available supply from fuel-grade bioethanol producers could only meet 5.7 per cent of the demand in East Java and Jakarta, meaning supply must be boosted," he said in the statement.

Indonesia intended to expand its sugar plantation area to try to become self-sufficient and also look to develop renewable sugar-based ethanol.

Indonesia currently has a mandatory 30 per cent mix of palm oil-based fuel in diesel fuel, known as B30, which authorities said had helped the country slash fuel import bills.