Geny Jati, Author at IESR

Workshop Financing Solar Energy - Indonesia Solar Summit

Looking for Funding Schemes and Readiness of Solar PV Project Development

Event Coverage20 April 2022465Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 20 April 2022- The issue of financing is still one of the big obstacles in developing renewable energy such as rooftop solar power plants in Indonesia. There is a large gap between the government's agenda to accelerate solar penetration and access to funding for both developer and household projects. Difficult access to funding can…

Boosting Confidence for Solar Investors in Indonesia

Blog8 April 2022278Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 7 April 2022 - Located on the equator, Indonesia is blessed with abundant yet (unfortunately) untapped solar energy potentials. The Institute for Essentials Services Reform’s study titled, “Beyond 207 Gigawatts: Unleashing Indonesia’s Solar Potential” shows that based on land suitability there are 3 - 20 TWp solar potentials that may generate power up to…

Russia’s Invasion May Affect Energy Transition in ASEAN

Blog6 April 2022411Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 5 April 2022 - Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the past month has been steering up the global reaction, especially on energy security issues. Russia is known for its oil and gas global exporter, with the invasion going on, global leaders are taking stands in giving sanctions not to buy gas from Russia. Is…

Just Energy Transition Highly Required Attractive Policy, Regulation and Finance Access

Blog31 March 2022259Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 29 March 2022 - Just energy transition becomes one of the priority issues of Indonesia’s G20 Presidency 2022. Zooming in on a just energy transition issue, Yudo Dwinanda Priaadi, chair of the Energy Transition Working Group, explains that there are three issues related to energy transition to be accelerated i.e access, technology, and financing. …

Indonesia’s Dream on National Electric Vehicle Must be Realized

Blog29 March 2022663Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 2, 2022 - Indonesia has quite ambitious electric vehicle production targets. The Indonesian government is targeting 2 million electric cars and 3 million electric motorcycles by 2030. The Ministry of Industry has set a more ambitious target of 13 million two-wheeled vehicles and 2 million four-wheeled vehicles by 2030. However, until September 2021,…

Indonesia Needs to Ramp Up Renewable Energy Installations up to 10 times to achieve Net Zero Emissions

Blog25 March 2022372Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 22 March 2022 - Indonesia through its LTS-LCCR (Long Term Strategy Low Carbon Climate Resilience) document states that it will achieve carbon neutral status in 2060 or sooner. The capacity of fossil energy in Indonesia's energy system, especially electricity, is highlighted because with the aim of becoming carbon neutral, Indonesia must immediately retire most…

Commercial and Industrial Sector Ready to Encourage the Use of Rooftop PV

Event Coverage15 March 2022294Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 15, 2022 - The development of rooftop solar PV in Indonesia in the last three years has been very rapid. Citing records from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, there is a significant increase in installed capacity from less than 1.6 MW in 2018 to 48.79 MW in 2021. This is certainly…

Reflections on 11 Years of the Fukushima Accident

Event Coverage11 March 2022571Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 11, 2022 - On March 11, 2011 an earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter Scale rocked Tohoku. The nuclear reactor automatically stops operating and is replaced by a diesel generator to cool the core reactor. However, the 14-meter high tsunami that came later stopped the diesel generator and flooded the nuclear power plant.…

Regional Leadership Determines Indonesia’s Energy Transition

Event Coverage9 March 2022265Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 9, 2022 - The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources recorded an increase of 217 MW in mid-2021. This brings the total renewable energy generating capacity in September 2021 to 10,807 MW. Nationally, Indonesia's energy mix is still dominated by fossil energy up to 85%. The Indonesian government has taken the initiative to…

Regulatory Support: Key to Unlock Indonesia’s Solar Potential

Blog24 February 2022642Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, February 24, 2022 - The development of solar energy in Indonesia since 2018 has been increasing, although not significantly. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources noted that there was an increase in installed capacity for rooftop solar to 48.79 MW at the end of 2021 from only 1.6 MW in 2018. Progressive developments…

ASEAN is Still Relying on Fossil Fuel yet Has the Opportunities to Transform its Energy System

Blog, Event Coverage9 February 2022433Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 9 February 2022 - ASEAN is one of the most populated regions in which the economy is growing and energy demand grows rapidly. Economic growth emerged at time when there was a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To maintain economic development and energy demand growth, a cleaner energy system should be developed…

PLN Should Follow Global Transformation to a Cleaner Energy

Blog7 February 2022280Views 0Likes 0Comments

Kendari, 7 February 2022 - The world is facing major changes in response to the increase in the earth's temperature which has increased by 1.1 degrees Celsius since the pre-industrial era. Various global commitments have been agreed to limit the increase in the earth's temperature to no more than 2 degrees Celsius by the middle…