Country: INDONESIA
Source: TheBioenergySite News Desk
Friday, April 09, 2010
INDONESIA - Work is to start on three biodiesel plants in Dumai, Riau province, before the second half of the year.
The three plants are being built by the state plantation companies PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III, IV and V and are expected to cost are expected Rp 400 billion.
The plants are expected to be completed in 18 months and start producing biodiesel in 2012, according to a report in the Jakarta Post.
The report says that Pertamina has agreed to buy the biodiesel from the plants and to prepare a storage facility for the biodiesel at the port in Dumai.
PTPN IV president director Dahlan Harahap told the Jakarta Post that each of the plants has a capacity to process 100,000 tonnes of oil palm a yera and the capacity is expected doubled by 2014.