Biodiesel power plant set for Bali

Dutch company Firmtec, which provides vegetable oil processing systems, is set to deliver what it calls the ‘first ever plant capable of producing 100% green biodiesel’.

The facility will be owned and operated by Indonesian company Waterland and will make the biodiesel via enzymes and ethanol, using oil from the Camelina sativa plant.

The biodiesel plant will be based in Bali and aims to be operational by mid-September. It will power an electricity generator and FirmTec believes more of these plants will be built to met the growing demand for sustainable energy in Indonesia.

The Indonesian government has been involved in the project and several world leaders, including US president Barack Obama, will visit the facility while meeting at a conference on sustainability in Bali this October.