RNI to build more ethanol factories

Indonesian state-owned trading firm PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (RNI) plans to build two ethanol factories with a total capacity of 200,000 liters a day. One plant will be located in Cirebon, Central Java, and another in Malang in East Java, said Son Ramadir, RNI’s development director. “We are developing a new strategy in the downstream industry including in renewable energy to improve competitiveness.” RNI joins several Indonesian companies that have announced plans to build green fuel plants, mostly palm-oil based biodiesel, including PT Asian Agri and PT Bakrie Sumatra Plantations. (January 31, 2007)