Abstract
This paper reported the status of Indonesian sustainable palm oil-based bioenergy development. The sustainability assessment of palm oil-based bioenergy has become a critical issue due to its positive impact to the foreign exchange savings in Indonesia. Otherwise, several negative appraisements, especially in the social and environment aspect have caused disapproval of Indonesian bioenergy products in the global energy market, as well as in the European Union. The status of sustainability which is described by the sustainability index has been obtained from the multidimensional scaling analysis. This study was conducted through several stages, including: (1) Determining the sustainability indicators which are most appropriate for palm oil-based bioenergy in Indonesia, and also a recommendation in the establishment of Indonesia Bioenergy Sustainability Indicators. (2) Assessing the sustainability index through the multidimensional scaling analysis. The focus group discussion has recommended 10 sustainability indicators. Indonesia Bioenergy Sustainability Indicators was divided into 2 indicators on the environmental aspects, 3 indicators on the social aspects and 5 indicators on the economic aspects. Meanwhile, on the environmental aspect (waste management and clean production) was subdivided into 3 sub indicators. The results of the sustainability assessment have obtained the average score index of 35.02% which indicates that the Indonesian sustainability status of the palm oil based bioenergy is still low (less sustainable). This research also showed the level of sustainability of each aspects, which is the score index of the economic aspects of 38.03% (less sustainable), the social aspect of 16.07% (unsustainable) and environmental aspect of 50.97% (sustained moderate). In conclusion, these sustainability index are expected to be useful as the foundation of determining the best strategy for future Indonesian bioenergy development.
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