2020 Green Energy Innovation, Pertamina Answers the Future Energy Challenge

Jakarta, October 31, 2020 – PT Pertamina (Persero) continues to ensure the development of Green Energy is following the government's vision to create energy security and independence and answering the energy transition in the future. Several innovations utilizing the latest technologies have been done by Pertamina to utilize the abundant potential new and renewable energy in Indonesia.

In July 2020, Pertamina successfully tested 1,000 barrels of Green Diesel (D100) production at the Dumai Refinery. Previously in March 2020, a Green Gasoline co-processing trial was conducted at the Cilacap Refinery. Trials will also continue for Green Avtur co-processing, which is targeted at the end of 2020.

Vice President of Corporate Communication of Pertamina, Fajriyah Usman, said that 100% Green Diesel D100 and Green Gasoline/Green Avtur are processed from palm oil as the primary ingredient. This product is also reacted using the Merah Putih catalyst produced by the Pertamina Research & Technology Center (RTC) in collaboration with Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB).

"After testing the Green Diesel D100 product at the Dumai refinery along with Green Fuel or Green Avtur at the Cilacap Refinery, Pertamina will also work together with other SOEs and universities to build a catalyst factory. It will encourage TKDN in the oil and gas and chemical industries so that it will reduce the state transaction deficit and encourage national economic growth," she said.

This is also being carried out in parallel with the Standalone Biorefinery construction project in Cilacap and Plaju. "Pertamina remains committed to always innovates and creating higher quality and environmentally friendly products," she said.

Not only that, Pertamina's Sub holding Power and New & Renewable Energy, namely PT Pertamina Power Indonesia (PPI), also has a diverse portfolio of Clean Energy projects. One of them in the construction process is the Independent Power Producer (IPP) LNG-to-Power Jawa-1 Project with 1760 Mega Watts (MW) capacity, which is located in Cilamaya, Karawang, West Java. As of January 2020, the project progress has reached 87.5% and is targeted to reach COD in 2021.

Apart from IPP Jawa-1, several projects that have been operated by PPI include the Solar Power Plant (PLTS) with a capacity of 4 MW, located in the area of the Badak LNG Refinery, East Kalimantan. Then, the Biogas Power Plant Project (PLTBg) originated from processing palm oil waste with a capacity of 2.4 MW, resulting from the collaboration between PPI and PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) III. Also, there is the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Project for PLTBg owned by PTPN II in the Kwala Sawit and Pagar Merbau areas, North Sumatra, with a total capacity of 2 MW.

PPI also develops PLTS at Pertamina gas stations to optimize the energy mix in Pertamina's operational areas. For 2020, it is still targeted at 50 gas stations and will increase in the future.

"Until now, PPI has proven its competence and capability as a provider of Clean Energy. In the future, the company will continue to expand its commitment to developing Clean Energy, both for needs outside Pertamina, and internally within Pertamina itself," said Fajriyah.

In anticipation of future energy trends, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Erick Thohir, fully supports Pertamina's steps to transform to Green Energy. According to him, Pertamina has implemented energy transformation through the B30 program and the acceleration of the coal gasification program to methanol and dimethyl ether (DME), reducing LPG imports have reached six million metrics.

Also, Erick Thohir and the Ministry of SOEs continue to encourage the transformation of SOEs in the energy sector, including encouraging the realization of cooperation between Pertamina and several SOEs in developing the electric vehicle (EV) battery business, which is believed to be a source of energy in the future.**