Research by Trend Asia found that the establishment of energy plantations as a source of wood pellets for biomass co-firing in coal-fired power plants will lead to extensive deforestation. Biomass co-firing, promoted as a 'new' energy source, is still dominated by traditional players in the wood, palm oil, and coal industries—companies already notorious for their deforestation practices, such as APP Group, KORINDO GROUP, Barito Pacific (PT Barito Pacific Tbk) , Wilmar International, PT Jhonlin Group, and Sampoerna Kayoe.
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