Development of Bangkalan Biomass Model Project as Community based Integrated Wood Pellet Industry

Indonesia has been more than one decade experiencing shortage in national energy supply and non-renewable energy source doination; creating complex problem involving energy security, climate change mitigation and poverty issues. Adressing the problem, Government has been promoting renewable energy (RE) development, targeting 23 % in 2025 national energy mix share compared to 6 % in 2014. It would be fulfilled from biomass energy (10%), geothermal (7%), hydropower (3%) and other NRE (3%) (MEMR, 2015). Wood pellet is one example of biomass energy. It has advantages to other forms of biomass energy; including simpler production process; easy to use and multiple use-including heating, cooking, industrial use, and power plant. Wood pellet’s global market has been grown fastlye: from 2 million tons total consumption in 2000 to 25 million tons in 2014 (Hawkins-Wright; 2015). However, the fast growing wood pellet industry (WPI), mainly big scaled and extensive onespossess big risk on forest conversion, land grabbing, and food versus fuel issue (Casson, 2014). Thus, small scaled community based WPI became a viable alternative, as it can minimize disadvantages local community might have in big scaled, extensive WPI. It also can be seen as a form of community based RE initiative, which is akin to grassroots movement to energy transition (Sefyang, 2014). This research took case study in Bangkalan Biomass Model Project (Bangkalan BMP) in Geger Sub INFORMASI ART IKEL ABSTRACT