SCMP | Why coal should have no future in Southeast Asia’s energy mix

The View by Pamela Simamora, IESR's Research Coordinator Growing energy demand in Southeast Asia is often associated with increasing coal use despite the region’s huge renewable potential. To help lower carbon dioxide emissions from coal power, some have tried to for “clean” coal technology in Southeast Asia. However, we need to carefully define what clean coal is.…

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The Jakarta Post | Tug of war: Stakeholders clash over nuclear, fossil fuel addition to green energy bill

Green energy businesses and watchdogs are up in arms over the House of Representatives’ decision to add nuclear and “new” fossil fuel technologies into a landmark green energy bill. Industry players have issued statements and held public hearings with lawmakers over the past two weeks to protest such an addition in the long-awaited New and…

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Kontan.co.id | Target investasi EBT tahun 2020 terancam meleset karena corona dan masalah regulasi

Rabu, 03 Juni 2020 / 18:16 WIB Reporter: Dimas Andi | Editor: Handoyo . KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. Situasi pandemi Corona dan belum rampungnya regulasi membuat investasi di sektor energi baru terbarukan (EBT) masih menemui hambatan sepanjang tahun ini. Sebagai catatan, Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral (ESDM) menargetkan perolehan investasi sektor EBT di tahun 2020 sebanyak US$ 2 miliar.…

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Kendaraan Listrik dan Dekarbonisasi Sektor Transportasi Darat Indonesia

Siaran Pers Transportasi darat sumbang emisi tertinggi dari total emisi gas rumah kaca sektor transportasi di Indonesia Kurangi emisi gas rumah kaca dari sektor transportasi, Indonesia perlu menerapkan instrumen kebijakan untuk meningkatkan jumlah kendaraan listrik dalam menggantikan kendaraan berbahan bakar fosil Di saat harga minyak dunia sedang turun saat ini, pajak karbon yang…

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The Jakarta Post | Government issues regulation to jumpstart stalled renewable energy projects

The government aims to jumpstart stalled renewable energy projects through a recently issued regulation as it races against time to catch up with Indonesia's green energy commitments. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry issued last month a regulation that scraps the unpopular build, own, operate, transfer (BOOT) scheme. Many renewable energy players have said the…

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This Week in Asia | Asia’s next clean energy battle isn’t in China or India. It’s in Indonesia

Southeast Asia’s largest economy and democracy is approaching a demographic shift. In the next 10 years, almost half of Indonesia’s population will enter the work force. Only three in 10 people will not be of working age by 2030. Conventional poverty rates are declining, millions are moving into cities each year. The island nation’s labour…

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