Recently, China Chemical Saiding Company signed an EPC contract with Indonesia's PT. INDOENERGI BARU UTAMA for the IBU 200,000 mt/year green methanol and 140,000 mt/year DME project in Indonesia, marking the substantive phase of cooperation between the two parties and representing a significant achievement in deepening collaboration between China and Indonesia in the field of producing green clean energy from biomass raw materials.
Project Core Indicators
Scale and Size
- Product Capacity: The project is expected to produce 200,000 mt of green methanol and 140,000 mt of dimethyl ether (DME) annually.
- Raw Materials and Site Selection: Located in Timika County, Papua Province, Indonesia, the project innovatively utilizes land in tailings storage areas to grow giant reed as a production raw material, achieving a combination of land ecological restoration and resource utilization.
Technology Integration and Highlights
- Technology Model: It fully adopts Chinese technology, standards, and equipment, serving as a practice of Saiding Company's "T+EPC" model, where technology drives engineering construction.
- Core Highlights: As Indonesia's first biomass-based green methanol and DME project, it fills a gap in the domestic market for such products. Simultaneously, by cultivating giant reed in tailings storage areas, it achieves synergy between ecological restoration and clean energy production.
Regional Strategic Significance and Industrial Value
- For Indonesia: Leveraging the biomass resource advantages brought by Indonesia's tropical rainforest climate, the project produces clean and sustainable green energy. It can meet local demand, create employment opportunities, and export to neighboring countries, thereby driving the development of related industry chains and advancing Indonesia's industrial modernization.
- For Chinese Enterprises: It marks a major breakthrough for China Chemical in Indonesia's green clean energy sector, laying a foundation for its continued operations in the region. Additionally, it contributes to the Belt and Road Initiative through "advanced equipment + cutting-edge technology."
- For International Cooperation: It stands as a typical achievement of deepened China-Indonesia cooperation in producing green clean energy from biomass raw materials, providing a reference model for subsequent energy collaboration between the two countries.
