石油设备网讯 据路透社雅加达报道，印尼能源部门表示，随着该国努力为其巨大的棕榈油作物开拓当地市场，周四开始测试在汽车中使用掺混30%生物燃料的柴油。
印尼作为世界上最大的棕榈油出口国，其目标是从明年起，所有柴油的生物含量必须达到30%，即B30，而现在是20%。
行业专家表示，这可能将印尼以棕榈油为基础的生物柴油消费量提高至每年90亿升，高于之前预测的62亿升。
周四，该国能源和矿产资源部研究与开发主管Dadan Kusdiana对记者表示，这次测试将在未来四个月内，通过各种客车和卡车进行。
Kusdiana说，在公路试验期间，这些客车将覆盖5万公里（31000英里），卡车将覆盖4万公里。
该部还计划开始测试在火车、轮船和采矿行业的重型机械中使用这种燃料。
为了抵消全球棕榈油需求放缓的影响，印尼一直在努力增加棕榈油的国内消费，棕榈油被用于从燃料到肥皂等多种产品，几乎全国所有的生物燃料都是由棕榈油制成的。
詹晓晶 摘自 路透社
原文如下：
Indonesia starts testing 30% biodiesel in cars amid push to boost palm oil consumption
Indonesia on Thursday began testing biodiesel with a bio-content of 30% in cars, its energy ministry said, as the Southeast Asian nation pushes to boost local markets for its vast palm oil crop.
The world’s top palm oil exporter aims to make it mandatory for all biodiesel to have a 30% bio-content, known as B30, from next year, up from 20% now.
Industry experts have said that could push consumption of bio-content made from palm oil to as much as 9 million kilolitres (KL) per year, up from an estimated 6.2 KL in 2019.
The test will be conducted over the next four months with various passenger vehicles and trucks, Dadan Kusdiana, head of research and development at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, told reporters on Thursday.
The passenger vehicles will cover 50,000 km (31,000 miles) and trucks 40,000 km during the road test, Kusdiana said.
The ministry also plans to start testing trains, ships and heavy machinery in the mining sector using the fuel.
To offset slowing global demand for palm oil, Indonesia has been pushing to increase domestic consumption of the commodity, used in products ranging from fuels to soap. Nearly all the country’s biofuels are made from palm.
