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KIS BIOFUELS- UKINDO PROJECT
KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION SERVICES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. · Sumatera Utara · — ha
KIS Biofuels-UKINDO is a palm-oil-mill-effluent (POME) methane avoidance project at PT United Kingdom Indonesia Plantations' mill in Langkat, North Sumatra, developed by Singapore-headquartered KIS Group. Commissioned January 2024 at ~300 MMBTU/day, it is Indonesia's first commercial BioCNG plant, selling biomethane to Unilever's Sei Mangkei oleochemicals complex.
- Name
- KIS BIOFUELS- UKINDO PROJECT
- Developer
- KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION SERVICES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
- Province
- Sumatera Utara
- Type
- Waste handling and disposal
- Methodology
- AMS-III.H.
- Status
- Active
- Integrity score
- 78 / 100
- Registry IDs
- Verra VCS4705
- Generated
- Updated 2026-04-23
What is KIS BIOFUELS- UKINDO PROJECT?
KIS Biofuels-UKINDO is a palm-oil-mill-effluent (POME) methane avoidance project at PT United Kingdom Indonesia Plantations' mill in Langkat, North Sumatra, developed by Singapore-headquartered KIS Group. Commissioned January 2024 at ~300 MMBTU/day, it is Indonesia's first commercial BioCNG plant, selling biomethane to Unilever's Sei Mangkei oleochemicals complex.
Who operates KIS BIOFUELS- UKINDO PROJECT?
KIS BIOFUELS- UKINDO PROJECT is developed by KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION SERVICES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. and listed on Verra VCS4705.
What is its integrity score?
78 / 100. Driven down by reversal risk (satellite alerts) (70) and supported by validation recency (100).
Why is it notable?
Latest news. January 22, 2024: inauguration of the UKINDO BioCNG plant in Langkat (GAPKI coverage) , with offtake contracted to Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia (UOI) at Sei Mangkei. Unilever publicly described the deal in 2025 as its first commercial biomethane offtake in Indonesia, with plans to extend to a third mill by end-2025 and up to nine mills within two years, targeting >800,000 MMBtu/yr — roughly a quarter of UOI's energy need by 2030.
When was this last updated?
This dossier was generated on 2026-04-23 by claude-agent-websearch.
KIS Biofuels-UKINDO is a palm-oil-mill-effluent (POME) methane avoidance project at PT United Kingdom Indonesia Plantations' mill in Langkat, North Sumatra, developed by Singapore-headquartered KIS Group. Commissioned January 2024 at ~300 MMBTU/day, it is Indonesia's first commercial BioCNG plant, selling biomethane to Unilever's Sei Mangkei oleochemicals complex.
Analyst briefing
Activities & scale The project captures methane from POME lagoons at UKINDO's Blankahan-area palm oil mill in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, upgrades the biogas to BioCNG and trucks it to offtakers 12. Press coverage at inauguration described ~300 MMBTU/day capacity — positioned as Asia's largest POME biogas plant at the time and the first commercial biomethane plant in Indonesia 2. KIS has stated a broader pipeline of 25 plants across Sumut and Riau, backed by ~US$110 million of investment.
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Integrity score
High quality
v1 methodology, calibrating. Last computed 2026-06-10.
Registries
Issuances
Pipeline — no issuances recorded.
Retirements
—
Total retired
No retirements recorded.
Satellite alerts (last 90 days)
Total
1.607
High confidence
0
Nominal confidence
0
Score methodology
Score computed 2026-06-10 from inputs: alerts last 90 days (1607), high-confidence alerts (0), registries (1), years since validation (0.18).
Methodology v1. Weights: validation recency 25%, reversal risk 35%, community flags 20%, transparency 20%. See full methodology →