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        "id": 1666912,
        "msgid": "indonesia-aims-to-end-fuel-imports-within-three-years-1775728280",
        "date": "2026-04-09 15:35:30",
        "title": "Indonesia aims to end fuel imports within three years",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "President Prabowo Subianto has announced ambitious plans to eliminate Indonesia's fuel imports within two to three years, primarily through a 100-gigawatt electrification programme that will close 13 diesel-fired power plants, saving up to 200,000 barrels of diesel daily and reducing import dependence by 20 percent. The strategy also involves promoting electric vehicles, developing renewable energy sources like biofuels from palm and used cooking oil, and investing in refineries to bolster energy independence. Inaugurating an electric commercial vehicle plant in Magelang, Prabowo highlighted efforts to enhance domestic technology and automotive production, aiming for an 80 percent local content standard to support the national transition to cleaner energy.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cPerhaps in two or three years, we will not need to import fuel at\nall,\u201d Prabowo said at the inauguration of an electric commercial vehicle\nassembly plant in Magelang, Central Java, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Such a target will be achieved through a 100-gigawatt electrification\nprogram which is expected to be completed within two years.<\/p>\n<p>This program includes the closure of 13 diesel-fired power plants\nowned by PT PLN that currently consume large amounts of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of those diesel-fired power plants is expected to save up\nto 200,000 barrels of diesel fuel per day.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Indonesia imports one million barrels of fuel daily, so\nreducing diesel use will lower import dependence by 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to electrifying power plants, the government is promoting\nelectric vehicles and the utilization of other renewable energy\nsources.<\/p>\n<p>These sources include processing palm oil and used cooking oil into\naviation fuel to further reduce reliance on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo emphasized that massive investment would be allocated to the\ndevelopment of processing centers or refineries to support this\ntransformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be independent, we will be strong, we will stand on our own\ntwo feet,\u201d the president stated.<\/p>\n<p>Prabowo inaugurated the vehicle facility in Magelang as part of an\neffort to encourage the downstreaming and industrialization of domestic\ntechnology.<\/p>\n<p>By increasing production capacity to 10,000 buses per year, the\ngovernment is striving to strengthen the national automotive ecosystem\nwhile gradually raising the domestic component level (TKDN) standard to\n80 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The factory is considered a strategic instrument in supporting the\nnational energy transition from fossil fuel dependence to cleaner\nenergy.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: RI\u2019s finance minister says fuel subsidy policy follows\npresident<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Indonesia sets fuel surcharge ceiling to 38 percent\namid rising costs<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Aditya Ramadhan, Yashinta Difa<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/indonesia-aims-to-end-fuel-imports-within-three-years-1775728280",
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