Team Member

Indonesia

• Osi Arutanti (LIPI)
• Saepurahman (LIPI)
• Anis Kristiani (LIPI)

Malaysia

• Abdul Rahman Mohamed (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
• Nor Aishah Binti Saidina Amin (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia),
• Bridgid Chin Lai Fui (Curtin University Malaysia)
• Nur Awanis Hashim (Universiti Malaya)
• Nonni Soraya Sambudi (Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Background

RDI has been awarded as the co-PI of the 2021 JASTIP-net in the research group of “Functional Materials”. This project will bring together a multidisciplinary team of scientists and researchers from Malaysia, Japan, and Indonesia to investigate the palm oil wastes in respective ASEAN countries as feedstock in the production of renewable jet fuel derived from bio-oil via fast catalytic and hydrothermal liquefaction approaches.

Presented the following research from Indonesia under RDI coordination:

1. Osi Arutanti (LIPI), “Design and Development of Semiconductor-based Photocatalyst for CO2 Reduction into Value-added Hydrocarbon Fuels”
   
2. Saepurahman (LIPI), “Fabrication of photo catalytically active fibers for water treatment application”
   
3. Anis Kristiani (LIPI), “The Development of Sustainable Catalyst from Indonesian Mineral Waste for the Production of Bio-Dimethyl Ether as Clean Energy”

Findings

Indonesia has shown a more command-and-control approach with an upfront SAF blending mandate. However, it needs to be supported by several compliance measures. Malaysia, on the other hand, has conducted country assessments although not resulted in any SAF-specific policy. Both countries still lack the economic instruments, while international integration is still relatively underexplored with only limited inter-regional partnerships. As the biggest palm-oil producing countries, Indonesia and Malaysia possess enormous potentials to lead the region in deploying SAF and thus more initiatives are urged.