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

Media Coverage13 October 2020521Views 0Likes 0Comments

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.…

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

Media Coverage26 September 2020433Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Beyond 100%: What does universal access energy mean?

Event Coverage8 September 2020555Views 1Like 0Comments

In May 2020, The World Bank (with several agencies) issued a report on global energy access status Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress report 2020. In this report, highlights for Indonesia include significant developments on three main targets: availability of electricity (based on electrification ratio) and clean energy for cooking, utilization of renewable energy, and…

The color of economic recovery is green

Media Coverage26 July 2020497Views 0Likes 0Comments

[Op-ed at The Jakarta Post, 21 July 2020] With the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic felt far and wide, almost all countries are now in combat mode: issuing and implementing various policies to stop the spread and to cushion the impacts on the economy and people’s livelihood. For that purpose, governments have allocated more than US$12 trillion…

‘It is time for Indonesia to become a solar powerhouse’

Media Coverage26 July 2020452Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), a Jakarta-based think tank, has emerged as a key voice calling for solar development in Indonesia. pv magazine recently caught up with Marlistya Citraningrum, the institute’s program manager for sustainable energy access, to look at what is still needed on the policy side for the archipelago nation to…

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

Media Coverage4 June 2020512Views 0Likes 0Comments

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.…

The Jakarta Post | Demand for photovoltaic panels plummets in Indonesia amid pandemic

Media Coverage5 May 2020658Views 0Likes 0Comments

Norman Harsono | The Jakarta Post Jakarta, 4 May 2020 Indonesia’s photovoltaic (PV) providers face a bleak business outlook at least in the next six months as the government and individual users cut back spending on anything deemed nonessential amid the pandemic, including solar panels. Demand for commercial PV panels was down up to 70 percent in…

Kompas | Daya Beli Masyarakat Turun, Insentif Tarif Listrik Diusulkan

Media Coverage31 March 2020693Views 0Likes 0Comments

IESR mengusulkan pemberian insentif bagi pelanggan listrik rumah tangga golongan 450 VA dan 900 VA yang tidak mampu. Insentif tersebut berupa penggratisan tarif listrik untuk pemakaian 50 kWh pertama. Oleh ARIS PRASETYO 30 Maret 2020 18:12 WIB· 4 menit baca | Kompas JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Penurunan tarif listrik maupun subsidi tarif untuk pelanggan rumah…

Kendaraan Listrik dan Dekarbonisasi Sektor Transportasi Darat Indonesia

Press Release29 March 2020836Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

Mongabay | Pembangkit Nuklir Bukan Solusi, Belajar dari Tragedi Fukushima

Media Coverage23 March 2020658Views 0Likes 0Comments

Masih ingat dengan tragedi Fukushima Daiichi? Tahun ini sembilan tahun sudah sejak kebocoran reaktor Fukushima Daiichi unit I,II dan III pada 11 Maret 2011. Kala itu, terjadi gempa 9 SR di daerah timur Jepang yang menyebabkan tsunami setinggi 15 meter. Tsunami ini menyebabkan jaringan listrik ke Fukushima Daiichi terputus dan menyebabkan 12 dari 13 generator…

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

Media Coverage19 March 2020468Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…

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

Media Coverage24 February 2020487Views 0Likes 0Comments

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…