Indonesia is ready to develop an environmentally friendly energy industry in the form of green and blue ammonia through PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero). This development also targets the international market through cooperation with Japanese companies. When met by the detikcom team at the 2022 SOE International Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, President Director of PT Pupuk Ahmad Bakir Pasaman revealed that Japan is a potential market for the development of environmentally friendly energy. "Because Japanese companies have a strong commitment to buy blue ammonia. In the roadmap, the Japanese government has a plan in 2030 to buy 3 million tons (blue ammonia), usually if Japan is consistent," Bakir explained to detikcom, Tuesday (18/10/2022).
Bakir assessed that the potential demand for Japanese blue ammonia would be contested by all ammonia producers in the world. So that various parties around the world are starting to look at the potential for blue and green ammonia production. For this reason, his party emphasized that they are ready to take advantage of this opportunity by moving quickly to seize the opportunity. "Of course, Pupuk Indonesia as the lead (market) in the ammonia sector, don't be left behind, if in 2030 there are still 7-8 years left, at least 1 blue ammonia factory must be built in Indonesia," he said. "Maybe the capacity is small, we take 1 million tons or a third of the market. It's very good," he continued. According to Bakir, to date Pupuk Indonesia has entered into 6 agreements (Memorandum of Understanding/MoU) with Japanese companies, including TOYO Engineering. It is possible that similar collaborations will be carried out with companies from other countries, because the company targets itself to become a major player in green and blue ammonia in Asia. "We have partnered with several Japanese companies and they will be offtake to be sold again. This may be very interesting in the future," he concluded. For information, the development of blue and green ammonia is part of Pupuk Indonesia's decarbonization efforts in providing environmentally friendly energy sources. As well as an effort to support the target of reducing carbon emissions by the Indonesian government. The development of blue and green ammonia has been stated in the Pupuk Indonesia decarbonization roadmap which is divided into three stages, covering the short term (2023-2030), medium term (2030-2040), to the long term (2040-2050). As for the development of blue ammonia itself, it is included in the medium-term target of Pupuk Indonesia's decarbonization roadmap.
