Volume 10 Issue 3 ( September 2023 )

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Using Satellite Data of Palm Oil Area for Potential Utilization in Calculating Palm Oil Trunk Waste as Cofiring Fuel Biomass

Bono Pranoto, Ikrar Adilla, Hari Soekarno, Nina Konitat Supriatna, Adrian, Lisna Efiyanti, Dian Anggraini Indrawan, Nurry Widya Hesty, and Silvy Rahmah Fithri

[ABSTRACT ]

This study calculates the potential for post-replanting oil palm trunk waste in Riau Province, Indonesia, to be used as fuel for power plant cofiring. A remote sensing method that combines time series imagery from Landsat 8 and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is used to detect the first year of the plantation. Determination of a 50 km radius from the power plant as the limit of the potential area of raw material is needed to get optimal transportation cost. The results obtained 268,077 tons/year of palm oil trunk, sufficient to meet the need to cofire 5% of daily fuel requirements.

Keywords: palm oil trunk; cofiring; potential waste