T he Renewable Energy Directive (RED) of the European Union includes a commitment to substitute part of the Union’s transport fuel with biofuels in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The directive also takes partial responsibility for increases in emissions that may occur outside of the national accounting frameworks. Specifically, the RED defines a minimum level of net emissions reduction, also known as emissions savings. The directive implies that palm oil exporting countries, such as Indonesia, need to have reliable data on the carbon footprint of palm oil to be used for biofuel. We applied the Biofuel Emissions Reduction Estimator Scheme (BERES) tool to 23 plantations in Indonesia, which abide by what is considered current ‘good practice’, and estimated whether the net emissions reduction of this ‘good practice’ was able to meet minimum EU standards. The estimation of the net emissions included oil palm life-cycle assessment.
Publication year
2012
Authors
Ekadinata, A.; Rahayu, S.; Ningsih H; Setiawan A A; Dwiyanti E; Octaviani R; van Noordwijk, M.; Dewi, S.; Khasanah, N.M.
Language
English
Keywords
carbon
Geographic
Indonesia
