Open AccessCoalbed Methane As a New Source of Energy in Indonesia and Some Developed Countries; A Review
Author(s) -
Awaludin Martin,
Hamdani Wahab,
Mohammad Barbarosa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of ocean, mechanical and aerospace - science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2527-6085
pISSN - 2354-7065
DOI - 10.36842/jomase.v65i2.242
Subject(s) - coalbed methane , environmentally friendly , china , fossil fuel , natural resource economics , business , natural gas , resource (disambiguation) , government (linguistics) , natural resource , energy source , greenhouse gas , new energy , environmental economics , environmental science , economics , engineering , coal , geography , waste management , ecology , computer science , mechanical engineering , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , coal mining , biology
The decrease in conventional energy sources followed by the world's energy demand as well as mounting concern about climate change, the countries are competing to get new sources of environmentally friendly energy with large reserves. The utilization of CBM as a new energy is an option because of its huge reserves, more environmentally friendly than traditional fossil energy (CBM emissions are 0.39 tones/MWh) and energy efficiency equivalent to natural gas. Indonesia has huge CBM reserves (400 TCF) but has not been utilize optimally due to technological problems, government regulations, large investments and others. This issues plus geographical constraints also occurs in countries with huge CBMs resource such as Russia (450 TCF) and China (700 TCF). Meanwhile, USA (500 TCF) and Australia (500 TCF) already have more established rules and technology. It is necessary to conduct a comparative study from each country according to the applicable regulations to accelerate the utilization of CBM.