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<\/p>\nBOGOR — After successfully conducting a ground test of palm oil-based bio-avtur (green avtur) use in airplane engine, Indonesia is optimistic that it can start the commercial production of bio-avtur, which is expected to reduce carbon emissions, cut the\u00a0 import of the fossil avtur and realize its national energy resilience.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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\u201cIt is expected that several other tests, which include flight test, will be also successful, so that the country will proceed with its commercial production,\u201d the Palm Oil Agribusiness Strategic Policy Institute (PASPI) stated in its report, which was published by Palmoilina.Asia.com recently.<\/p>\n
Iman Kartolaksono Reksowardojo, an energy analyst and lecturer at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), said that the palm oil-based bioavtur has a number of advantages, which include low emission, no need of new infrastructure, and no need of changing engines as the carbon element of bioavtur is compatible with the airplane engines. \u201cBesides, there is no need for users of bioavtur to make special maintenance other than regular checking of engines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In response to the reports of declining reserves of fossil fuels and the increase of carbon emissions caused by the use of fossil fuels, Indonesia and many other countries have been trying to develop renewable energy sources that only cause low emissions and are more friendly to the environment.<\/p>\n