C Lombok, NTB, Dec. 13 -- On a hillside surrounded by rice fields in Beber Village, Batukliang sub-district, Central Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara, stands a company supplies biomass for power plants.

That morning, Syamsul Hadi was busy answering his constantly ringing phone. The 34-year-old entrepreneur was arranging a meeting with a vehicle dealer to discuss the planned purchase of eight new trucks and one sport utility vehicle.

Hadi is the founder of PT Syahroni Rizki Mandiri, a company that supplies biomass for the co-firing program at the Jeranjang Steam Power Plant (PLTU) and the West Sumbawa Steam Power Plant.

As biomass substitution gains traction in line with the Indonesian government's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas em...