据烃加工网站11月25日报道 印尼能源部一名官员向议会表示，印尼不太可能实施明年将棕榈油生物柴油的生物含量提高到40%的计划，因为该国难以为该项目提供资金。
该国能源部总干事Dadan Kusdiana表示，相反，印尼将保留其生物柴油B30计划，该计划规定印尼明年必须将柴油与棕榈油制成的30%脂肪酸甲酯（FAME）混合。
Dadan Kusdiana表示：“B40还没有准备好。”其指的是生物柴油项目中含有40%的生物柴油，并补充说，印尼已经拨出920万千升的FAME计划用于明年。
B40方面的资金支持将非常困难，所以目前将更具挑战性。
印尼征收税收以帮助资助其棕榈油项目，包括生物柴油补贴和小农种植计划。
除了更高比例的生物含量外，B40计划还将使用不同的配方生产，将30%的FAME和10%的棕榈油制成的“绿色柴油”与传统柴油混合。
Dadan Kusdiana表示，能源部仍在进行新混合物的试验。
尽管生物柴油有望降低排放量，但棕榈油作为原料的使用引发了人们对砍伐土地种植生物柴油的担忧。欧盟正计划逐步淘汰其作为运输燃料，从而与世界最大的棕榈油生产国印尼产生贸易摩擦。
王磊 摘译自 烃加工
原文如下：
Indonesia says B40 biodiesel program unlikely to proceed next year
Indonesia is unlikely to proceed with plans to raise the bio-content of its palm oil-based biodiesel to 40% next year as it struggles to fund the program, an energy ministry official told parliament.
Instead, the Southeast Asian country will retain its biodiesel B30 program which makes it compulsory for diesel in Indonesia to be blended with 30% fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) made out of palm oil next year, Dadan Kusdiana, the director general of the country's energy ministry, said.
"B40 is not ready," Dadan said, referring to the biodiesel program containing 40% bio-content and adding that Indonesia had allocated 9.2 million kilolitres of FAME to be used next year.
"Supporting B30 is now very challenging from the funding side, so we see that B40 will be more difficult," he added.
Indonesia collects levies to help finance its palm oil programs, including biodiesel subsidies and replanting programs for smallholders.
Other than a higher percentage of bio-content, the B40 program will also be produced using a different formulation, combining 30% FAME and 10% "green diesel" made out of palm oil with conventional diesel.
Dadan said that the ministry is still conducting trials for the new blend.
Although biodiesel promises lower emissions, the use of palm oil as a feedstock raises concern about deforestation in the clearance of land to grow it. The European Union is planning to phase it out as fuel for transport, creating trade friction with Indonesia, the world's biggest producer of palm oil.
