Udayana Journal of Law and Culture
Vol 7 No 1 (2023)

Towards Alternative Energy Sources: Is it Time to Switch to Nyamplung?

Abdhy Walid Siagian (Center for the Study of Energy Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia)
Muhammad Syammakh Daffa Alghazali (Faculty of Law, Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2023

Abstract

Nyamplung is one of the six priority non-timber forest products in Indonesia. This type of mangrove has a high yield of oil as a raw material biofuel with a 40-70% higher percentage than other plants, such as oil palm, whose percentage is only 46-54%. This article examines Indonesia's commitment to accelerate the transition to new and renewable energy through biofuels to meet the national electricity supply. In addition, it conducts an economic calculation of nyamplung as alternative energy for biofuels. The writing of this article reflects an economic analysis of law that combines legal analysis based on norms, guidelines, and plans as stipulated in Indonesian laws and regulations and international instruments and economic analysis referring to relevant data and sources. This article concludes that nyamplung may serve as an alternative energy source to fulfill future national energy needs, which aligns with efforts to achieve a sustainable environment. Despite laws and policies on national energy supporting any efforts to complement and substitute current energy sources, the utilization of nyamplung has yet to be optimized as a biofuel.

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UJLC

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Arts Humanities Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Udayana Journal of Law and Culture (UJLC) is hence created by reflecting the aforementioned phenomenon. This journal offers a recovery of the landscape of the science of law by means of recovering the position of ideology as an aspect of science of law analysis, with particular in analyzing the ...