The study of bioenergy with molasses raw materials: analysis of potential and problems in its development in East Java, Indonesia

The Indonesian government is gradually reducing its dependence on petroleum fuels by mixing it with biofuels. One of the biofuels used bioethanol made from molasses. This study aims to analyze potential for sugarcane development at farm level, identify bioenergy problems, and provide recommendations based research was conducted in East Java Province 2016, updated data 2019. analytical methods were quantitative qualitative. results are as follows. In 2019, molasses produced reached 260.06 thousand tons Province. However, there some technical socio-economic problems developing molasses, including low yield sugar, limited processing into bioethanol, lack marketing guarantee, synergy policy development. Some proposed support sustainability production future supports increasing farming, capital producers, guarantee marketing, synergies policies.