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Indonesia’s Plan to Expand Biodiesel Output Delayed by Covid-19

  • Indonesia struggles with flying in biofuel experts from abroad
  • That’s delaying plans to expand its biofuel output capacity
A road cuts through palm plantations and rainforest in this aerial photograph in Borneo, Indonesia in 2019.
A road cuts through palm plantations and rainforest in this aerial photograph in Borneo, Indonesia in 2019.Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg

One of the world’s most ambitious plans to replace fossil fuels with a greener alternative may come to a grinding halt due to a coronavirus-linked roadblock.

Indonesia, the world’s biggest grower of palm oil, aims to increase the amount of palm it uses in biofuel in 2022. To do that, it had scheduled to expand its biofuel production capacity by about 30% this year.