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The continuing increase of oil price nowadays has created evidence that every nation have to accelerate the utilization of renewable energy in massive scale to sustain its energy security. Since energy security defined as how to equitably provide available, affordable, reliable efficient, environmentally benign, proactively governed and socially acceptable energy services to end-user, formulating policy to improve energy security is mandatory, not only because of depleting fossil resource, but also implementing diversity of energy sources. The deployment of abundant renewable energy resources can increase the security of energy supply. One of the abundant renewable energy resources in Indonesia is palm oil. This study analyses the utilization of palm biodiesel for Indonesian power generation sector in the Java-Madura-Bali (JAMALI) system. Two scenarios were created by projecting the demand and environmental impact as well as GHG emissions reduction over the next 50 years. The first scenario subjects on current energy policy, while the second scenario is to substitute of fossil fuel which is still used in the JAMALI power generation system. Effect of palm biodiesel on emission of Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulate Matter, and Volatile Organic Compounds were estimated for each scenario. An externality analysis to complete the environmental analysis was conducted and resource analysis of palm oil plantation based biodiesel was also estimated. Finally, the economic feasibility of palm biodiesel in the power generation sector was analyzed. Latest policies on renewable energy in Indonesia were also described to step up the development of this sector.