IDX Channel | Trillions of Energy Subsidy Considered as Barrier to Transition to Renewable Energy

Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of IESR, said that ending fossil fuel subsidies will create a level playing field for renewable energy. Moreover, fossil energy subsidy funds will be much more beneficial if they are diverted to the most vulnerable communities, building education and health facilities, developing renewable energy, and accommodating the impact of the energy transition for workers in the affected fossil energy industry.

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Warta Ekonomi | IESR Says Fossil Energy Subsidy Could Linger Energy Transition

The government should review the benchmark DMO pricing policy for power generation and make plans to end this policy. To be in line with the Paris Agreement, coal power plant generation must peak in 2020 and discontinue the coal completely by 2037. According to an IESR study, the cost to transform Indonesia’s energy system requires USD 25 billion per year until 2030 and rises sharply thereafter to USD 60 trillion per year.

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Koran Jakarta | SOE Ministry Asks PLN to Pay Attention to COP26 Results

Fabby Tumiwa stated that COP26 is a step to strengthen the decarbonization target where it is seen that the energy transition to renewable energy has become the global norm. PLN also needs to be more aggressive in making the transition from coal-fired power plants to renewable energy. In the short term, PLN needs to immediately come out with a renewable energy generator auction plan aligned with the Electric Power Supply Business Plan by increasing the pipeline of renewable energy projects for the 2023-2030 period.

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Kompas | Indonesia Has No Ambitious Climate Action Breakthroughs at COP26

COP26 is an opportunity for Indonesia to push for action on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement. The President did not clearly state more ambitious targets and mitigation action plans in his speech. The government’s lack of climate ambition is reflected by not updating the NDC target of 29 percent on its own

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Bisnis | Taking a Step on the Energy Transition Map

Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Service Reform (IESR) Fabby Tumiwa said that the use of EBT will also produce green products. Besides being able to reduce the use of fossil energy in the industry, NRE is believed to be able to absorb and create new jobs. Meanwhile, International Renewable Energy or IRENA noted that the renewable energy sector last year created 11.5 million jobs globally of which 3.8 million jobs came from solar energy.

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