COP30: Indonesia targets annual SAF production of 1 million kiloliters by 2030

Indonesia aims to increase its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capacity to 1.11 million kiloliters per year by 2030, Eddy Soeparno, deputy chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia, said Nov. 13 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil.

To secure the feedstock required for producing SAF, Indonesia will focus on optimizing its collection of used cooking oil (UCO), Soeparno said, adding that Indonesia could potentially collect up to 715,000 metric tons of UCO annually, which would provide 187,000 kl of SAF-equivalent feedstock.

"We are not talking about a small project or trial. SAF is a concrete step toward energy independence and a leap forward in Indonesia's green economy," Soeparno said in a session on accelerating SAF use at COP30.

The Indonesian government is currently planning to achieve a 1% blend of SAF in its jet fuel supply by 2027, which will require approximately 60,000 kl of hydroprocessed esters and fatty acid fuels, according to a report published by the International Council on Clean Transportation on Oct. 15.

However, Indonesia's UCO collection is decentralized and lacks proper regulation, according to the report.

Indonesia's SAF demand is expected to reach around 860,000 kl/yr by 2039. By then, with increased production capacity, there may be a supply surplus of approximately 23%, which could be exported, Soeparno said.

UCO is currently the primary feedstock for HEFA-SAF, but it encounters notable supply limitations, according to the International Energy Agency. The IEA estimates the global UCO supply at 6 million mt/year, primarily focused on China, the US, and the EU.

Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina's Cilacap refinery shipped its first UCO-derived SAF batch in August after trial runs using 3% UCO in co-processing mode.

In September, Pertamina said that it will expand its production of co-processing-based SAF from used cooking oil beyond its Cilacap refinery, with new facilities planned at the Dumai and Balongan refineries by the second half of 2026.

Dumai and Balongan refineries are each being prepared to produce 8,000 b/d of SAF, PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional Operations Director Didik Bahagia said Sept. 2.

Platts, a part of S&P Energy, assessed the price of SAF (HEFA-SPK) FOB Straits at $2,683.25/mt Nov. 13, down 3.1% day over day.