# Why Indonesia’s clean energy still feeds on old inequalities | The Star

> A Star opinion piece examines Indonesia's biodiesel programme, which mixes biodiesel into diesel under the B35 mandate. It notes that export levies collected by the Palm Oil Fund are used to subsidise biodiesel producers, with more than 10 trillion rupiah allocated this year.

- Date: 2025-11-17 · published 2025-11-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Indonesia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15516-why-indonesia-s-clean-energy-still-feeds-on-old-inequalities-the-star
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Levy-funded subsidies determine how much palm oil is diverted to biodiesel, which affects export availability and palm oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-02 | [Indonesia 2019 biodiesel exports to rise  \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58956-indonesia-2019-biodiesel-exports-to-rise-the-star.md) | -3.3% | -3.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-12-24 | [Indonesia’s 10% levy could cause CPO exports to plummet \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15598-indonesia-s-10-levy-could-cause-cpo-exports-to-plummet-the-star.md) | +0.1% | -10.6% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-05-24 | [Palm oil watchdog to create separate standards for smallholders - Indonesia director \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59195-palm-oil-watchdog-to-create-separate-standards-for-smallholders-indonesia.md) | +0.6% | -0.1% |
| PALMOIL | 2018-04-26 | [Indonesia to keep crude palm oil, cocoa export taxes unchanged in May \| The Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65414-indonesia-to-keep-crude-palm-oil-cocoa-export-taxes-unchanged-in-may-the-star.md) | -3.5% | -1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-03-01 | [Indonesia Set Export Levy for CPO at US$93/MT - The Insiders Stories](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47983-indonesia-set-export-levy-for-cpo-at-us-93-mt-the-insiders-stories.md) | +2.6% | +6.6% |

## Sources

- thestar.com.my: https://www.thestar.com.my/business/insight/2025/11/18/why-indonesias-clean-energy-still-feeds-on-old-inequalities

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