Is Forest-Based Biomass Co-firing for PLTUs A Step for Energy Transition

Dangerous Substitute for Coal

Monday, November 28, 2022

Implementation of co-firing at the Indramayu coal power plant leaves behind environmental impacts and health problems. Co-firing of forest biomass has the potential to cause deforestation and it does not reduce emissions.

Residents conduct a demonstration in front of the Indramayu coal power plant, in Sumuradem, Indramayu, West Java, October 21. The protest, which is held in commemoration of the International Big Bad Biomass Day, demand the government ban the use of pallets or sawdust as fuel for coal-fired steam power plants because they are considered to have a bad effect on the environment. ANTARA FOTO/Dedhez Anggara . tempo : 171391442955.

AT the auction site of Pembangkitan Jawa-Bali for the Indramayu Steam Power Plant (PLTU), there were four announcements of an open auction for the procurement of sawdust throughout 2021. Three are for re-procurement for April 2021, and one for procurement for July 2021. Sawdust will be used as a coal mixture or co-firing at the PLTU. The specifications asked for are sawdust with a total humidity of 16.63 percent and have a calorific value of 3,92

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