PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Indonesia's state-owned railway company, has started using Biosolar B30 - a biodiesel blend containing 30% palm oil - as fuel for its trains.
Jakarta (VNA) - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), Indonesia'sstate-owned railway company, has started using Biosolar B30 - a biodiesel blendcontaini🐟ng 30% palmo꧟il - as fuel for its trains.
Kai ExecutiveVice President Raden Agus Dwinanto Budiadji said the use of B30 aligns withKAI's efforts to prioritise environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)principles.
KAI has also installed and used rooftop solar energy systemat Gambir station and the railway centre building in Jakarta. In the nearfuture, the system will be installed at 40 stations and two service centres.
In late October, Indonesia operatedits first commercial flight using a biojet fuel blend containing palm oil. Theflight was run by the national airline Garuda Indonesia, carrying over 100pꦆassengers on a route of around 550 km, from Jakarta to the city of Surakartain East Java province and back on the same day.🌳/.
The Jakarta Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) of Indonesia has planned to introduce a new policy on regional taxes and levies, which will impose a 10% value-added tax rate on online food services.
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The Thai Government is being urged to increase the proportion of renewable power generation to more than the target of 50% set in the power development plan (PDP).
The Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) of Indonesia on April 21 lifted its tsunami advisory issued previously following the eruption of Mount Ruang in Sitaro district of North Sulawesi province.
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Enhancing regional food security and tackling the pressing challenges of climate change will be key agendas defining Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (lower house) Johari Abdul told the press on April 19.
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