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        "msgid": "amran-reveals-prabowos-directive-before-japan-trip-is-e20-no-longer-a-dream-1774850005",
        "date": "2026-03-30 12:05:00",
        "title": "Amran Reveals Prabowo's Directive Before Japan Trip: Is E20 No Longer a Dream?",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman announced that President Prabowo Subianto has directed the acceleration of biofuel development, including the E20 ethanol blend from corn, sugarcane, and cassava, to enhance national energy independence amid escalating global geopolitical tensions such as the Iran-Israel conflict. The government aims to replace fuels like Pertalite and Pertamax with E20, leveraging abundant domestic raw materials like exported sugarcane molasses, while continuing the palm oil biodiesel programme to achieve B50 and eliminate diesel imports. This initiative, seen as a silver lining in the current geopolitical climate, builds on existing successes like B40 to reduce energy import burdens and realise long-promised energy self-sufficiency.",
        "content": "<p>The government is preparing to accelerate biofuel development in\nresponse to the intensifying global geopolitical conflicts, including\nthe war between Iran and Israel. Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman\nstated that this step is a direct instruction from President Prabowo\nSubianto to promote national energy independence. \u201cThis is the follow-up\nto the President\u2019s directive during our meeting last week, before he\ndeparted for Japan and South Korea,\u201d Amran said during a press\nconference at his office in Jakarta on Monday (30\/3\/2026). One of the\nmain focuses is the development of E20, a blend of petrol with 20%\nethanol derived from corn, sugarcane, and cassava. \u201cOur dream is E20.\nWhat is E20? A 20% ethanol blend with petrol. From where? Corn, cassava,\nand sugarcane. All of these can grow in Indonesia,\u201d he explained. Amran\nemphasised that E20 is projected to replace fuels such as Pertalite and\nPertamax. \u201cYes, it will replace them. That\u2019s not electric vehicles yet.\nBut that\u2019s another department, another ministry. What we\u2019re discussing\nis energy from biofuel, from plant-based sources,\u201d he stressed. He also\nassured that raw materials are sufficient, including from sugarcane\nmolasses that has previously been exported. \u201cOur raw materials that we\nexport. There\u2019s 1 million tonnes of it. That\u2019s molasses or sugarcane\nsyrup. This can be turned into 300,000 tonnes of ethanol,\u201d he said. In\naddition to E20, the government is continuing the palm oil biodiesel\nprogramme, including the B50 target to halt diesel imports. \u201cThe\nPresident\u2019s promise that we will stop diesel imports, replaced by B50\npalm biofuel. That\u2019s 5.3 million tonnes. This year, we won\u2019t import. And\nthat\u2019s done,\u201d Amran said. According to him, the geopolitical situation\npresents an opportunity to strengthen national energy and food\nindependence. \u201cNow we\u2019re accelerating. There\u2019s wisdom in this. The\nheating geopolitical conditions have benefits for Indonesia,\u201d he stated.\nMeanwhile, Deputy Agriculture Minister Sudaryono added that efforts to\nreduce energy imports have actually been underway through the biodiesel\nprogramme. \u201cThis is an additional special task and indeed planned from\nthe beginning before the war, where the President wants us to reduce our\nenergy import burden, which we\u2019ve proven with B40, we no longer import\ndiesel,\u201d Sudaryono said on the same occasion. He is optimistic that\nbiofuel-based energy independence can soon be realised. \u201cAnd, God\nwilling, what is called energy self-sufficiency is no longer a slogan\nthat we always chant but can\u2019t, never realise,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/amran-reveals-prabowos-directive-before-japan-trip-is-e20-no-longer-a-dream-1774850005",
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