Indonesia is set to plant sugar palm trees across 1.2 million hectares to produce ethanol, aiming to reduce gasoline imports in a project estimated to cost $6 billion, according to the country’s forestry minister on Tuesday. This initiative is part of new President Prabowo Subianto’s push for energy self-sufficiency. During his election campaign last year, … Continue reading Indonesia plans to plant 1.2 million hectares of sugar palm for ethanol production