Coal Domination in Indonesia, What are the Opportunities for Sustainable Energy?

Jakarta, June 14, 2024 - Coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) still dominate the energy industry in Indonesia. According to data from the National Energy Council (DEN), 2023, the energy mix comprised approximately 40.46% coal, 30.18% petroleum, 16.28% natural gas, and 13.09% renewable energy. This information was presented by Raden Raditya Yudha Wiranegara, Research Manager at the…

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Solar Quarter | Indonesia’s MEMR Issues PLN Rooftop Solar PV Quotas For 2024-2028, IESR Raises Concerns

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has announced the allocation of PLN Rooftop Solar PV quotas for the period of 2024-2028, outlined in Decree of the Director General of Electricity Number 279. K/TL.03/DJL.2/2024. The quotas, distributed across eleven power systems, total 5,746 MW over the five-year period, with individual allocations of 901 MW…

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Viva | Bakrie Center Foundation & Bakrie University Hold Edu Talk on Eco-Friendly Transportation

Bakrie Center Foundation together with the Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science of Bakrie University held an Edutalk with the theme Green Mobility & Transportation, Thursday, June 6, 2024. This seminar is a forum for discussion to pay more attention to the energy transition, because it is one of the indicators of successful implementation, especially…

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Electric Vehicles Can Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Transportation Sector

Jakarta, June 7, 2024 - The Government should take more robust measures to promote the reduction of carbon emissions in the land transportation sector. Transportation is one of Indonesia's significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sources. This was revealed by Faris Adnan Padhilah, Research Coordinator of the Energy Demand Management Section, Institute for Essential Services Reform…

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Encouraging Palembang to Become a Green City

Palembang, June 3, 2024- Palembang, the capital city of South Sumatra Province, needs to transform into a green city to anticipate the impact of the ongoing climate crisis. With a growing population and rapid urbanization, the environmental challenges in Palembang are increasingly complex. One step in encouraging green cities in Indonesia is utilizing renewable energy.…

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Comprehensive Power Plant Transition Strategy to Inform JETP’s CIPP

Deon Arinaldo, Manajer Program Transformasi Energi, IESR JAKARTA, INDONESIA | June 4, 2024 - The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Indonesia's energy transition and environmental think tank, and the University of Maryland's Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) launched two new studies focused on strategies for achieving a thriving clean energy transition in Indonesia. The first…

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KIBE Holds Indonesia Clean Energy 2050 Parade and Delivers Recommendations to MEMR

Jakarta, June 3, 2024 - The transition from fossil-based energy sources to renewable energy represents a concerted endeavor to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, thereby curbing the Earth's temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees Celsius. As per the 2023 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the global average surface temperature during 2011-2020 has escalated…

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