Abstract

The biodiesel industry is a downstream palm oil industry group that is projected to continue to grow in Indonesia. In addition to meeting national needs in order to fulfill the mandatory biodiesel acceleration program B20 in Year 2020 and B40 in Year 2050, the penetration of Indonesian palm oil biodiesel export market to the EU is more open with RED enforcement. Nevertheless, Indonesia’s downstream palm oil industry including biodiesel industry is faced with various negative campaign issues as it has not achieved the value of GHG Emission saving default value of 35 percent to be called an environmentally friendly product. The purpose of this study is to identify the dominant global environmental aspects and impacts of the biodiesel production process from Indonesian palm oil and to provide improvement recommendations that encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector of national biodiesel products. The sustainability of palm oil biodiesel industry is evaluated using life cycle impact assessment method. The research is done by combining quantitative and qualitative approach. The field survey was conducted in oil palm plantation companies, crude palm oil producers, and biodiesel producers located in North Sumatra. Improvement recommendations for improving the sustainability of Indonesia’s downstream palm oil industry, especially the biodiesel industry from crude palm oil raw materials, refers to best practices and expert discussions.

Details

Title
Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Palm Biodiesel Production towards the Sustainability of Downstream Industry of Indonesia Palm Oil
Author
Hasibuan, Sawarni 1 ; Hermawan Thaheer 2 ; Hidayati Juliza 3 

 Master of Industrial Engineering Program, Universitas Mercu Buana, Jakarta. 
 Computer Science, Universitas Pakuan, Bogor 
 Industrial Engineering Department, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Nov 2018
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2557199124
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.