Geny Jati, Author at IESR

Early Energy Transition Education

Blog31 May 2024294Views 0Likes 0Comments

As a human being, we want to leave a legacy - a lasting impact for many years to come. Some want to leave in writings, song's lyrics, or poems. Others want to leave their marks in technology development, new theories, and inventions. In the same way that we inherit values and principles from our predecessors,…

Indonesia’s Workforce in the Energy Transition: Government Needs to Map and Act

Blog31 May 20247KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Navigating the socio-economic impact is one of the challenges in Indonesia's energy transition agenda, due to the huge contribution of the current energy system to the national economy and societal structure. Indonesia's economy has long been intertwined with the fossil fuel industry, as oil, gas, and coal serving as primary energy sources and substantial contributors…

Identify Funding Needs for the Just Transition

Event Coverage2 May 2024542Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 30 April 2024 - The energy transition process is entering a new phase with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) funding which was agreed in 2022. The availability of affordable funding is a real challenge for the energy transition process. In the latest study, Identifying Finance Needs for a Just Transformation of Indonesia's Power…

Making the Global Stocktaking Process More Relevant to Southeast Asia

Blog26 April 2024488Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 25 April 2024 - Global efforts to halt climate change by reducing emissions are entering a phase of global consolidation. Since 2023, the Independent Global Stocktake (iGST), a consortium of civil society actors gathered to support the first Global Stocktake in order to assess the progress of the Paris Agreement (2015). In a webinar…

Engaging More People in the Emission Reduction Effort

Blog22 April 2024486Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 22 April 2024 - Energy transition has gained traction and momentum in the past years. Countries have pledged to reduce emissions as well as accelerate their energy transition agenda to keep the global temperature rise on the 1.5-degree Celsius level. Indonesia pledged to achieve net zero emissions status in 2060 or earlier. This commitment…

Carefully Designing Indonesia’s Energy Policy Framework

Blog2 April 2024389Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 28, 2024 - The National Energy Council (DEN) plans to adjust the renewable energy mix target. Currently in the draft Government Regulation on National Energy Policy (RPP KEN), DEN plans to reduce the national renewable energy mix target to 17-19 percent by 2025. Previously, the renewable energy mix target was 23 percent by…

Ways to Empowering Consumers to Achieve Indonesia’s Net Zero Emissions Goal

Blog31 March 2024430Views 0Likes 0Comments

On March 15 every year, people celebrate World Consumer Rights Day. It was first commemorated in 1983 and aims to raise awareness about consumer rights and encourage governments and businesses to take action to protect consumer rights. Internationally, these include consumer rights to safety, to choose, to be informed, and to be heard …

Who will bear the risks for the First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Nuclear Power Plant in Indonesia?

Blog30 March 2024237Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the latest draft of Indonesia's national energy policy (KEN) and its roadmap, the introduction of a nuclear power plant (NPP) is scheduled for 2032. Initially, it is planned to contribute 250 MWe, comprising 0.4% of the energy mix, with a projected by this policy to be increased up to 11.4% by 2060 within the…

Encouraging Industrial Decarbonization Starting from Consumer Lifestyle

Event Coverage27 March 2024240Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 22 March 2024 - The increase of the earth's temperature is an inevitable phenomenon as a result of various natural events and human activities and lifestyles which produce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as the cause of the rise in the earth's temperature. The invention of the steam engine in 1880 made monumental changes to…

Embarking on the Decarbonization Journey of the Steel Industry

Event Coverage22 March 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 20 March 2024 - The industrial sector is one of the important sectors for reducing emissions. The large energy consumption and its significant contribution to the economy in 2022 amounting to 16.48 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), are strong reasons to make this sector more sustainable. Industries with high energy needs, such as…

Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Emissions are not Small

Event Coverage15 March 2024442Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 14 March 2024 - The industrial sector has become the backbone of the Indonesian economy. Not only large industries, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are also the driving force of the national economy, including creating employment opportunities and contributing 60.5% to GDP. However, this economic contribution figure is also accompanied by large, haunting emissions.…

Reviewing Indonesia’s Renewable Energy Investment Needs

Blog12 March 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 8th, 2024 - Indonesia's energy transition commitment officially began three years ago when the State Electricity Company (PLN) issued the 2021-2030 Electricity Supply Business Plan (RUPTL) which targets increasing renewable energy capacity as one of the prerequisites for achieving net zero Indonesia's emissions in 2060, specifically the electricity sector in 2050. During the…