Sweden Looks to Indonesia for Biofuel

In the attempt to reduce the use of fossil fuels by 2020, Sweden is eyeing on Indonesia for its supplies in cheap and green biofuel for motor as told by the Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade Sten Tolgfors.

Motor vehicles in Sweden are now using as little as 3% biofuel in the form of ethanol from Brazil and the government is aiming to have cars and buses running on palm oil-based biodiesel from Indonesia and reduce fossil fuels usage to 50% by 2020 to reserve its supplies and lower the carbon dioxide level in an effort to reduce global warming.
Tolgfors said Sweden’s demand for biofuel can only increase as its government has been encouraging the use of environmental-friendly cars, such as those that can run on biofuel.
Swedish company Scanoil is already taking up Indonesia’s lands to grow a plant that can produce biofuel, jatropha, which is the single largest Swedish investment in the country.

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