Techno-Economic Analysis of Cellulosic Ethanol in Indonesia Using Palm Residues

Indonesia's palm industry produces enormous volumes of palm biomass residues, more than enough to support dozens of commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants. We estimate the levelized production cost of cellulosic ethanol…

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Overview, Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for New Zealand SMEs in Renewable Energy Engineering, Construction and Consulting sectors

Indonesia has been slow out of the blocks in developing renewable sources of energy, but the nation’s natural potential is enormous. What is more, energy demand in Southeast Asia’s largest…

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biodiesel Production in Indonesia

Using Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology, this report analyzes the GHG emissions of biodiesel from CPO. LCA was selected in order to analyze GHG emissions as a result of biodiesel…

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Biodiesel Production Emissions in Indonesia Based on Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)

Traction Energy Asia assessed carbon emissions resulting from Indonesia’s production of palm biodiesel using life cycle analysis (LCA) to provide a complete picture by including upstream production activities. This paper…

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