Minister of Forestry of Indonesia, Raja Juli Antoni, met with 7th President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, discussing the government’s measure to plant sugar palm on 1.2 million hectares (ha) of land for energy and food security. Minister of Forestry, Raja Juli Antoni, met with 7th President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, discussing the government’s measure to plant sugar palm on 1.2 million hectares (ha) of land for energy and food security. On the other hand, Raja Juli has proposed to President Prabowo Subianto regarding the potential of sugar palm as energy security by developing sugar palm plants into ethanol fuel. According to him, planting sugar palm on 1.2 million ha will produce 2.6 million kiloliters (kl) of ethanol and cost up to Rp100 trillion (US$6.1 billion) in production. In addition, he claims that ethanol production can slowly reduce imports of fuel oil, which costs up to IDR396 trillion per year. President Prabowo had approved the proposal to plant sugar palm on at least 1.2 million hectares, citing that it is in line with the government's target to achieve food and energy security.Source : https://indonesiabusinesspost.com/3849/energy-and-resources/indonesia-to-develop-1-2m-hectares-of-sugar-palm-for-ethanol-fuel-energy-security (ICE GIACARTA)

Fonte notizia: Indonesia Business Post, 6 March 2025