The Maluku and North Maluku regions have a fairly high potential for new and renewable energy, which is 738 gigawatts, which comes from solar energy, water, wind, and biomass where the technical potential of solar energy in Maluku and North Maluku is 721 gigawatts (GW), water energy 1, 5 GW, and 75 megawatts of biomass. Meanwhile, the potential for wind energy can reach 15.5 GW at an altitude of 50 meters and 15.9 GW at an altitude of 100 meters. According to Fabby, this potential has not been fully utilized.

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PLN negotiates Commercial Operation Date (COD) 34 with Independent Power Producer (IPP). According to Fabby, Executive Director of IESR, PLN needs to set firm limits regarding financial closing, at least in the middle of next year. Each generator must increase the ability to work at a minimum load from 30% to 40% and cut the contract period from 30 years to 25 years in order to reduce the potential for over capacity and stranded assets that can be experienced by PLN

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The draft of the New and Renewable Energy (EBT) Bill shows that the government does not yet have a solution to get out of dependence on fossil energy. When China committed not to fund the Coal-fired Power Plants, Indonesia’s coal targets and yields even reached the highest numbers in 2021. Fabby, Executive Director of IESR, offered a solution instead of adding coal derivatives to the EBT Bill, it is better to use them as a source of advanced carbon materials that can be used, for example, for electric vehicles.

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Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry regulation on net power metering. The new tariff policy. We need a broad and bold electricity market reform and strong national leadership to tap our huge solar power potential. Indonesia’s national solar program could attract up to US$ 14.4 billion in investment to generate 18.000 MW to help the country meet it’s target

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Thorough decarbonization of the energy sector is critical to achieving the zero-emission targets in line with the Paris Agreement. One of the largest sources of emissions is from the power generation sector, especially coal power plants. According to the IESR study, there are two policies to reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants in accordance with the Paris agreement, namely to conduct a moratorium on coal power plants and retire the power plant from its usual life of 30 years to 20 years. There are many strategies that can be considered, such as diverting funding and investment to renewable energy, repurposing and retrofitting coal power plant

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