A farmer harvests oil palm fruit at a plantation in Kuta Makmur, Aceh. (Photo: AFP/VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – PGN, a Pertamina subsidiary, and three Japanese companies are looking to produce biomethane from palm oil mill effluent (POME) to meet rising natural gas demand and reduce methane emissions, reported the Jakarta Post. The consortium of PGN, JGC Holdings Corporation, Osaka Gas and Inpex Corporation is currently working on a study for the commercialisation of such a product in Indonesia in 2025, using PGN’s natural gas distribution network. The raw material will come from oil palm plantations in South Sumatra. The project aims to recover methane gas released into the atmosphere from POME, refine it into biomethane and supply it to customers via natural gas pipelines and other existing infrastructure. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, untreated POME releases methane, which is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the … [Read more...] about Indonesia to make biomethane from palm oil in 2025