Abstract
The Indonesian government is gradually reducing its dependence on petroleum fuels by mixing it with biofuels. One of the biofuels used is bioethanol made from molasses. This study aims to analyze the potential for sugarcane development at the farm level, identify bioenergy problems, and provide bioenergy development recommendations based on molasses. The research was conducted in East Java Province in 2016, with updated data in 2019. The analytical methods used were quantitative and qualitative. The results of the research are as follows. In 2019, the potential of molasses produced reached 260.06 thousand tons in East Java Province. However, there are some technical and socio-economic problems in developing biofuels from molasses, including the low yield of sugar, limited processing of molasses into bioethanol, lack of bioethanol marketing guarantee, and lack of synergy in bioethanol policy development. Some policy recommendations proposed to support the sustainability of bioethanol production in the future are policy supports for increasing sugarcane farming, capital support for bioethanol producers, guarantee in the bioethanol marketing, and synergies in developing bioenergy policies.
Highlights
The Government of Indonesia has made a policy that aims to reduce petroleum use by 5-20 percent by 2025
The use of ethanol as fuel in Indonesia and the world will increase due to the depletion of petroleum reserves, the increasing trend of petroleum prices, the enactment of regulations on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, policies for eliminating methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), and the tendency to shift consumption on environmentally friendly and renewable energy sources
The development support from the socio-economic aspect is: (a) Increasing the role of extension, namely to support the achievement of sugarcane development programs; (b) Coordination of related agencies in order to accelerate the development of sugarcane as an alternative energy raw material; (c) conducive policies, namely the creation of a business climate that supports the development of sugarcane agribusiness and bioethanol prices; and (d) Increasing the human resources of farmers, through empowerment and capacity building in both on farm and off farm activities through various empowerment media
Summary
The Government of Indonesia has made a policy that aims to reduce petroleum use by 5-20 percent by 2025. Through this policy, it is expected that biofuel (BBN) can gradually replace fuel oil (BBM). The implementation of biofuel (bioethanol) mixed with BBM has been carried out, using sugarcane drop (molasses) as a raw material for bioethanol. The use of bioethanol as an alternative fuel provides many benefits for the people of Indonesia.
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