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Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan said that the implementation of expanded B20 mandatory program shows a clear sign of progress since it launched on 1 September 2018. He estimated progress has reached 60-65 percent.Hampering by distribution and logistic issue, Jonan said that the implementation process shows significant progress. "Last week, it has reached 60-65 percent. We are trying to reach 100 percent gradually. We are pushing ourselves harder because we have regulation to do so," Jonan said as he attended Studium Generale at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in Bandung, Wednesday (17/10/2018) as reported by Merdeka.com.In fact, the fuel with 20 percent biodiesel content (B20) has been used in the country for two years but only in Public Service Obligation (PSO) sector. However, the use of B20 is expanded to non-PSO sector started from 1 September 2018.Jonan said that Indonesia needs to close the gap in fuel consumption since it is difficult to increase fossil-based fuel production. That\'s why the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources fully supports the use of renewable fuel."We need to substitute fossil-based fuels with environmentally friendly fuels because we can\'t use fossil-based fuels forever," Jonan said. **