DME: Multi-Use, Multi-Source Clean Fuel
Transportation	Cooking & Heating	Power Generation
Significant commercial and regulatory developments worldwide are driving large increases in DME production capacity, and demonstrating its remarkable potential as an ultra clean, renewable, low-carbon fuel.  The IDA serves as the global voice for the DME industry, and works to promote the use of DME as a clean alternative fuel worldwide, to gather and communicate authoritative information about DME, and to coordinate relevant international activities and initiatives.  The IDA has a global membership of companies, institutions, and individuals from Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia, Europe and the Middle East, and from every sector of the industry, representing a wide range of interests within both the upstream and downstream value chains.

Association News	DME News	DME Information
Upcoming Events Featuring IDA Speakers: 6th Asian DME Conference Seoul, Korea 17 - 19 September 2009 International Conference on Coal Science & Technology Cape Town, South Africa 26 - 29 October 2009 Dr. Andre Boehman (Penn State) World Methanol Conference Miami, Florida, U.S.A. 8 - 9 December 2009	DME Production Announced in Indonesia to Meet Household Gas Needs 24 June 2009 | Indonesian companies PT Pertamina and PT Arrtu Mega Energie have announced a joint venture to develop a DME refinery, with a total investment of US$1.9 billion.  Production is expected to begin by 2012, with a projected capacity of 1.7 million tons of DME per year produced from low grade coal.  Pertamina is conducting a market trial involving the distribution of canisters filled with a DME/LPG blend to homes and home industries in Jakarta.	IDA Position Paper on the China LPG cylinder safety issue
Indian Affairs Committee Launched A new committee representing the interests of Indian industry and governmental entities involved in clean fuel production has been created within the IDA to promote the development of DME in India.  Mr. B.M. Bansal, Director of Business Development at Indian Oil Corporation, will serve as the committee's Chairman.	Strong Q1 Sales Reported by China’s Leading DME Producer  12 May 2009 | China’s leading producer of DME, China Energy Limited (formerly known as Shandong Jiutai Chemical Group), has reported a strong increase in DME sales volume and significant improvements in gross margins for the first quarter of 2009. China Energy reported sales of nearly 120,000 tonnes of DME in the first three months of this year, twice what it sold in Q1 2008. More...	Available Now for IDA Members NEW Presentation on DME delivered by Eni at the European LP Gas Association Congress in Vienna on 13 May 2009 NEW Presentations from the 2nd International Conference on Gaseous Fuels (Goa, India - February 2009) Presentations from the 3rd International DME Conference & 5th Asian DME Conference (Shanghai, China - September 2008)
New Members The IDA extends a warm welcome to its newest members: Genifuel Corporation LCE BioEnergy Range Fuels Indian Oil Industry Safety Directorate Isuzu Advanced Engineering Center
ENN Receives DME Clean Fuel Achievement Award The ENN Group received the IDA's DME Clean Fuel Achievement Award in a ceremony in Shanghai.	Chinese DME Association Officially Established 16 May 2009 | The Chinese DME Association (the CDA) was officially established today in a ceremony held in Shanghai.  Academician Ni Weidou was selected as Chairman of the organization, and Prof. Huang Zhen (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.) was named Vice Chairman.  The CDA joins the Japan DME Forum (JDF) and the Korea DME Association (KDA) as a regional trade association promoting the production and utilization of DME in the respective national markets.