Acacia Wood Charcoal Production As A Solution Usage of Acacia Wood In The Pandemic Era And Also Long Term

It is predicted that the corona outbreak is still long and even in Indonesia the cases continue to increase and until now there has been no visible decline in the curve. The peak of the outbreak is even predicted to be in 2021, this makes this outbreak more and more fatal. To reduce casualties and reduce the number of cases, a number of educational activities from early childhood to higher education are carried out online, as well as office activities from various companies. This condition reduces the need for the amount of paper significantly, because all these activities can be said to be paperless. Paper plants have reduced their paper production and have even closed them.

Acacia plantation or forest as industrial estate forest or community forest is the main source of this pulp and paper production. With the decline in paper production, the need for raw materials will automatically decrease. Acacia wood production is not selling well, so the forest management company also suffers because there is no income. This condition must be addressed immediately so that the company can run normally again. The use of acacia wood so that it becomes a value-added product is the solution to this problem.

Charcoal production can be perfect solution to this problem. With modern production, the quality and quantity of charcoal produced will be standard and stable and also will not pollute the environment in the production process. Quality acacia charcoal products are needed by a number of industries. Our charcoal production technology is even capable of producing charcoal quality that is higher than European standards, namely NF EN 1860-2. Besides that, we can also help with the marketing aspects of the charcoal product.

Compared to the production of wood pellets, which are mostly for power generation, the investment requirement is also much greater so that many companies are less interested. The volume of shipment of wood pellets is 10 thousand tons each time, so that the logistics and infrastructure aspects are also not easy and cheap. The need for electricity for wood pellets production is also large so it may be difficult to do in certain areas.

Of course everyone hopes that this corona outbreak will soon disappear. But anticipating as well as solutions for both the short and long term is certainly a good thing, so that it is expected to become a sustainable business. Acacia wood charcoal production can be done on a medium scale with the investment requirement is not too large. The need for electricity for the charcoal production plant is also small. For acacia forest management companies interested in acacia charcoal production, please contact eko.sbs@gmail.com