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Rianawati 2021 IOP Conf. Ser. Mater. Sci. Eng. 1143 012031
Rianawati 2021 IOP Conf. Ser. Mater. Sci. Eng. 1143 012031
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Resilience Developement, Bandung 40135 Indonesia
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Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bandung 40132 Indonesia
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Germany
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Iceaddis, Ethiopia
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Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria, Argentina
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Selectra, South Africa
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Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions, Ghana
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Green Cape, South Africa
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WIP Renewable Energies, Germany
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Austrian Energy Agency, Austria
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European Biogas Association, Belgium
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Austrian Compost & Biogas Association – Kompost und Biogasverband Österreich,
Austria
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Latvijas Lauksaimniecibas Universitate, Latvia
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Fachverband Biogas, Germany
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Corresponding Author’s E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract. Indonesia is an agrarian country that has a rich bioenergy potency in liquid (biodiesel,
bioethanol). The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has set the target to achieve 23% of renewable
energy utilization into the national energy mix by 2025. In addition, the GoI also aims to increase
the production of biofuel to 7.21 million kilolitres by 2019. Theoretically, biogas technology will
be a strategic measure in achieving the target, however, at the moment the biogas technology
market in Indonesia is still in a nascent state, especially for the direct utilization of biogas for
electricity production. Alternatively, biogas provides Indonesia with a promising source of
energy, which can be injected directly into natural gas grids and hitchhike existing distribution
infrastructure, resulting in reduced costs along the production-distribution pipeline. For this
reason, biomethane has been the focus of some developing countries (e.g Argentina, Republic of
South Africa) in moving toward energy transition. This paper examines the state of the biogas
market in Indonesia using literature review. The status of natural gas is mapped out through its
available potential and the existing initiation of national programs related to biogas. Finally, the
study provides recommendations on how biogas technology could accelerate the energy
transition in Indonesia.
Keywords: Energy Transition, Biogas, Indonesia
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1. Introduction
Since 1978, Indonesia has been included in the list of the largest natural gas producing countries with a
total production of 11.2 million m3, after which the figure has increased following the opening of several
oil and gas block points. At its peak in 2000, Indonesia became the highest ranking (ranked 6th) Asian
country in the world in producing natural gas. Total production at that time reached 70.5 million m3/year.
However, in the last 10 years, Indonesia's natural gas production has decreased by 5% each year. In
2018, Indonesia's natural gas production reached 73.7 million m3. If natural gas is produced at the same
rate as in 2016, the natural gas will only last for up to 47 years in the future. Eventually, Indonesia will
become a net importer of gas in 2028. Natural gas production is predicted to be unable to meet the
national gas demand in the future, so it is necessary to import gas in the form of LNG [1]. On the other
hand, the use of LPG for household and commercial use faces many obstacles, as more than 65% of the
current LPG supply comes from imports. Since this program was implemented in 2007, the price of 3
kg LPG is Rp. 4,250/kg and has never been increased ever since, even though the import price of LPG
has reached Rp. 10,000 per kg. This can cause the amount of LPG subsidies to increase and be
burdensome to the national economy as it will increase the trade balance deficit [2]. Therefore, the use
of LPG should be gradually reduced to as small as possible [3].
Due to economic and population growth, it is predicted that the need of energy will continuously
grow, reaching up to 450 × 109 kWh by 2026. The irresponsible use of energy, especially fossil fuels, is
producing emissions that pollute the environment and increase the earth's temperature. The use of fossil
fuels contributes to greenhouse gas (CO2) emissions by 76%, which reached through usage in industrial
processes (65%) and other land uses (11%). Regarding the energy problem and the greenhouse gas
effect, bioenergy development can be an alternative solution. Biogas is biomass-derived fuels produced
by anaerobic digestion of organic feedstock through a process through a four-step process that is
mediated microbially: hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis, and methanogenesis [33]. Biogas is one
of the alternative energies that can be used to fulfill some of the domestic gas needs. The use of biogas
is an effort to increase economic value from liquid waste to renewable energy and simultaneously reduce
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [4, 5].
Globally, there are various forms of feedstocks for biogas production, these can be obtained from
animal farms, municipal solid waste, agricultural residues, sludges from many industries, and
wastewater treatment units [34]. Biogas from POME is composed of 50-75% methane (CH4), around
24-25% carbon dioxide (CO2) and H2O, H2S, and other gases [6]. Biogas can be upgraded by removing
the CO2 content using technologies such as water or organic physical scrubbing, chemical scrubbings,
pressure swing adsorption, membrane separation, and cryogenic technology [35]. The upgrading process
yields biomethane with methane content up to 90-95% [36]. This methane in biogas or biomethane then
could be used for several purposes, such as producing heat, electricity, and vehicle fuel, after being
cleaned of any impurities to satisfy certain limits or natural gas specifications. The mentioned impurities
that must be removed are water vapor and H2S. Water vapor should be extracted as it causes corrosion,
accumulation of water in pipes, and freezing at high pressure. On the other hand, H2S is toxic, causes
corrosion, and would produce SO2 and SO3 compounds that are more toxic than H2S while in
combustion [7, 8]. One of the technologies that can be used to purify biogas into biomethane is a water
scrubber.
While Indonesia’s power generation still comes primarily from fossil fuel, the Indonesian
government is targeting to achieve a total of 23% renewable energy in the energy mix by 2025 [37].
Currently, most biogas production case studies in Indonesia are done in small scale using animal waste
as its potential feedstock. This is due to the increasing number of cattle population in Indonesia [38]. By
2015, 16,000 biogas plants had been disseminated in mostly rural areas covering ten provinces: Bali,
Banten, Central Java, D.I. Yogyakarta, East Java, East Nusa Tenggara, Lampung, South Sulawesi, West
Java, and West Nusa Tenggara [39]. Other case studies have also been conducted to assess the feasibility
of biogas production in Indonesia using other feedstocks, e.g. Arabica coffee pulp [40], green seaweeds
[41], human excreta [42], and municipal solid waste (MSW) [43]. Since most biogas plants are
disseminated in rural areas, the biogas produced are focused to be used directly for household purposes
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e.g. cooking, water heating, etc. However, there are attempts to increase the quality of the biogas
produced from these plants through purification methods, namely pressurized gas scrubbing [44].
2. Literature Review
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3. Methodology
This article is written based on the results of studies or literature related to biomethane. The research
method includes secondary data collection from the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of
Energy and Mineral Resources in the form of official websites, online books, review of journals related
to the conversion of bioethanol from agricultural waste and organic waste, data processing (calculation
of bioethanol potential that can be produced) and analysis, and discussions.
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From the Bioenergy Based Power Plant Development Program conducted by National Electricity
Company (PLN-Persero), the existing capacities of the existing power plants originating from Biomass
(oil palm-based), biogas, and urban waste connected to the electricity grid PLN was only 61 MW in
February 2012, which will be increased later by 197 MW in 2013 and further increased by 544 MW in
2014 (so that it becomes 741 MW in 2013/2014). The utilization of biogas is one of the targets for
bioenergy-based renewable energy development as stipulated in the National Energy General Plan
(RUEN). However, the achievement of biogas utilization is still far from the target of RUEN in 2025.
From the electricity sector, for example, the Biogas Power Plant (PLTBg) is targeted to reach a capacity
of 5.5 GW in 2025, yet, the realization is only around 1.33% [15].
Non-electricity-based bioenergy development can also be implemented in the biogas development
program. In this biogas development, there is the development of household-scale biogas and communal
biogas. The biogas is developed by various parties including the State Budget of the Directorate General
of EBTKE, the BIRU Program in collaboration with DJEBTKE and HIVOS, other ministries/
institutions, Regional Revenues and Expenditures Budget (APBD), special allocation funds, and other
private sectors. Most of this biogas development utilizes livestock manure as raw material, but
communal biogas has also been developed by utilizing human waste which is implemented in the
communal biogas boarding school. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has built communal
biogas in 20 Islamic boarding schools in 10 provinces since 2016. Based on the data collection on the
implementation of direct biogas development that has been carried out by the Directorate General of
EBTKE, as of May 29, 2020, installed household biogas has reached 47,505 units throughout Indonesia,
producing 75,044.2 m3/day of biogas or around 26.72 million m3/year. In connection with the
commercial biogas PLTBg, currently, there are nearly 96.21 MW of data.
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4.3.1. Livestock manure. Indonesia has quite a lot of livestock potential, including large ruminants
such as beef cattle and dairy cows. Based on the implementation of the 2018 inter-census agricultural
survey (SUTAS), it is known that the estimated population of large ruminants in 2018 was 17.9 million.
From this figure, there are 16.43 million beef cattle, 581,822 dairy cows, and 894,278 buffalos. In 2019,
the population is projected to grow to 18.12 million large ruminants [18]. Considering that a single
livestock can produce up to 10 kg of manure per day, it has the potential to become an alternative energy
source (biogas) and reduce the dependency of the community, especially family farmers, on fuel, oil and
electricity. If an average of 10 kg of manure is produced per cow per day, Indonesia can produce 179,000
tons of cow feces every day.
4.3.2. Sewage Sludge. Based on the last recorded data in 2015, the total population in Indonesia is
238,518,000. This number is projected to increase in 2020 to 271,066,000 people. However, not all
members of the population are supported by adequate sanitation facilities. Based on the 2006 National
Socio-Economic Survey, [18] only 40.67% of the total number of households were equipped with a
septic tank; the number is worse in the village, which is around 24.37%. This means that most Indonesian
people dispose of their black water directly into the environment without any treatment. According to
Nagamani and Ramasamy [19], human feces can produce up to 28 L/kg of biogas. With 1 m3 of biogas,
we can turn on a 60-100 Watt lamp for 6 hours or cook 3 meals for 5-6 people, as it produces the
equivalent of 1.25 kWh of electricity [20].
4.3.3. POME. In 2017, Palm oil production in Indonesia reached 37.8 million tons with large palm oil
mills (POM) spread across the regions of Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi [22, 23]. The by-products
of the POM include liquid waste known as palm oil mill effluent (POME). POME can produce biogas
which can be further processed into biomethane. The Winrock study [24] shows that the production
capacity of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) from POM in Indonesia reaches 34,280 tons per hour with 23,996
m3 of POME produced per hour. This production capacity will be able to produce biomethane of 54.5
million standard cubic feet (SCF) or the equivalent of 11.5 million BOE (equivalent to barrels of oil)
annually if all these by-products are being maximized. Meanwhile, the current biomethane production
is equivalent to 10% of the current natural gas consumption of 564.3 million SCF or equivalent to 20%
of LPG consumption (57 million BOE) [25].
4.3.4. Municipal solid waste. With a high number of the population living in the urban area, the amount
of waste produced reaches 175,000 tons/day. Most of this waste is transported and dumped in a landfill
(69%) and only a small percentage is composted and recycled (7%) [26]. Furthermore, only 10.28% of
the population sort and reuse household waste in 2013 [27]. Based on its characteristics, most of the
waste in Indonesia is classified as organic waste. In fact, Indonesia is one of the countries with the
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highest content of organic waste in Asia (70.2%), followed by China (67.3%) [28]. In urban areas, the
volume of organic waste can reach 70% of the total waste [29]. Based on a survey conducted in 2005-
2006, the composition of organic waste in Indonesian cities could reach up to 52% of all urban waste
[30].
Vegetable waste dominates the total waste with an average of 2 tons/day. The composition of
vegetable waste that is mostly found, among others, are spinach, chicory, mustard greens, cabbage, and
a small portion of other vegetables. This vegetable waste will usually be transported to landfills, while
the rest will be left behind. Vegetable waste that is left behind has not received special handling and will
cause environmental pollution [31]. However, vegetable waste could provide good nutrition for
microbes and does not contain pathogens, as such it is suitable for anaerobic digestion or composting
[32].
The Ministry of Environment aims to develop a waste-to-energy (WtE) investment financing
program for several projects, including (a) collecting methane gas in cattle farm waste (biogas); (b)
increasing the efficiency and collects methane gas in tofu industrial waste (biogas); (c) agricultural waste
(biomass); (d) processing industry (heat to energy); (e) general WtE (biomass from oil palm fronds,
biogas from palm oil mills, and domestic waste (human waste)); [5]. Of the various types of WtE, four
types of WtE are proposed to be supported through financial investment, namely (a) biogas reactor from
cattle farm waste; (b) biogas reactor from tofu industrial waste; (c) developing power generator in the
oil palm plantation and industry; and (d) utilization of agricultural biomass for heating/drying,
particularly for rice husk biomass.
5. Conclusion
In line with the direction of energy conversion, LPG has become a strategic commodity that is widely
needed by the community as a substitute for kerosene. However, this leads to several problems, mainly
related to scarcity and likely price surges. This study aims to reexamine the concept of energy conversion
by considering and utilizing optimally the already available domestic energy sources. The prospect of
biomethane as an environmentally friendly renewable energy has considerable potential in meeting
energy needs due to limited fossil fuel reserves and concerns about increasing GHG emissions.
Acknowledgment
The authors would like to thank the European Commission and the INEA for the support of the DiBiCoo
project. DiBiCoo has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 857804.
Disclaimer: The sole responsibility of the content of this paper lies with the authors. It does not
necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the INEA nor the European Commission
is responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
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