Jakarta still has no map on CNG demand<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Although the mandatory use of compressed natural gas (CNG) for
\npublic transportation vehicles will come into effect in February,
\nthe city administration has no idea how many gas stations and how
\nmuch CNG will be required.<\/p>\n
\"We have no idea where the additional gas stations must be
\nconstructed or how much CNG will be needed for public
\ntransportation vehicles,\" the head of air pollution control at
\nthe City Environmental Management Body, Yusiono Supalal, told The
\nJakarta Post over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Article 20 of Bylaw No. 2\/2005 on air pollution, which will be
\nfully enforced beginning in February 2006, requires all public
\ntransportation vehicles in the city to use CNG in an effort to
\ncut air pollution.<\/p>\n
Yusiono, who is in charge of preparations for the
\nimplementation of the bylaw, said creating a map for the location
\nof CNG stations in the city was not yet a priority because the
\nadministration was still concentrating on CNG use for some 200
\nbuses that will be operated in two new busway corridors.<\/p>\n
He was referring to Busway Corridor II, which will travel
\nbetween the Pulogadung terminal in East Jakarta to Harmony in
\nCentral Jakarta, and Busway Corridor III, which will run from
\nHarmony to the Kalideres bus terminal in West Jakarta. The two
\ncorridors are expected to be operational later this year.<\/p>\n
In an action plan for the use of CNG by public transportation
\nvehicles, the administration has tasked the City Mining Agency to
\ncarry out a survey of gas stations around the capital and the
\nprojected CNG demand. It is not clear when this survey will be
\ncompleted.<\/p>\n
Environmentalists are hopeful the city administration is
\nserious about introducing the mandatory use of the more
\nenvironmentally friendly CNG. They said determining the demand
\nfor CNG and mapping out the construction of new gas stations were
\nimportant steps before moving ahead with other programs.<\/p>\n
\"We do not expect that all public transportation vehicles will
\nalready be using CNG by next year, but we hope the city will have
\nbegan to create concrete programs on how to implement Bylaw No.
\n2\/2005, particularly the mandatory use of CNG,\" the secretary-
\ngeneral of the Partnership Forum for Clean Emissions, Ahmad
\nSafrudin, said.<\/p>\n
According to the action plan on the use of CNG by public
\ntransportation vehicles, every public transportation vehicle in
\nthe city will be using CNG by 2010. However, the action plan does
\nnot provide specific steps for reaching this goal.<\/p>\n
According to Yusiono, the city also has no plans to construct
\nmore gas stations, except for one in Kelapa Gading, North
\nJakarta, and one in Rawa Buaya, West Jakarta, which will supply
\nthe buses in the two new busway corridors.<\/p>\n
He said the city would encourage state-owned oil and gas
\ncompany PT Pertamina and the other owners of some 17 gas stations
\nin the city that used to supply CNG in the late 1980s, to
\nreintroduce compressed natural gas.<\/p>\n
However, gas station owners are reportedly reluctant to supply
\nCNG because of doubts over how serious the city administration is
\nabout implementing the mandatory-use of CNG.<\/p>\n
Of the 17 gas stations that provided CNG in the late 1980s,
\nonly about five are still operating because of a lack of demand.
\nIn 2001, there were some 7,000 vehicles using CNG, but currently
\nthere are only about 500 vehicles.<\/p>",
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