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Check out 6 Differences in Indonesia’s 2016 NDC and 2021 Update Results

Blog6 October 20212KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Since signing the Paris Agreement in 2015, Indonesia has begun to prepare a Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) document as an official statement for its emission reduction commitments. Indonesia's first NDC was submitted to the UNFCCC in 2016. Along the way, many parties considered that the NDC owned by Indonesia had not been able to answer…

Youth Coalition Concerned for Renewable Energy: “Remove Brown Energy Sources from the EBT Bill!”

Blog, Event Coverage6 October 2021642Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, September 29, 2021 - Indonesia has set its target on achieving a carbon neutral target by 2060 or sooner. One strategy is to use renewable energy. Encouraging the optimization of renewable energy development in Indonesia and providing a clear legal basis. The House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia has the initiative to…

Measuring the Urgency of EBT Bill

Blog, Event Coverage27 September 2021883Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 10 September 2021 - Since January 2021, the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission VII has prepared an academic paper for the New and Renewable Energy (EBT) Bill and is currently in the process of consolidation. This bill is considered important to provide legal certainty for the development of renewable energy in Indonesia. Even so,…

Seizing and Keeping the Momentum of Solar Energy Rise

Blog, Event Coverage15 September 2021636Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 9 September, 2021-In the past year, there was a dynamic change in the energy sector. The approaching deadline of the Paris Agreement and the latest IPCC AR6 report stated that our time shortened to keep temperature rise. It has raised discourse about decarbonization and net-zero commitment from all around the globe. Rapid deployment of…

The Role of Media in Indonesia’s Energy Transition Journey

Blog, Event Coverage10 September 2021774Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the course of economic recovery after the Covid 19 pandemic, Indonesia is currently at a crossroads to choose the path of green economic recovery, or the path of economic recovery that produces high emissions. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the Indonesian economy hard, as can be seen from the negative economic growth we are…

Beware of Potential Stranded Assets in Coal Industry Due to Energy Transition

Blog, Event Coverage8 September 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, August 26, 2021 – The coal industry in Indonesia has a high enough risk to become one of the stranded assets in the future, both in the upstream and downstream sectors. This was stated by Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of IESR in the seminar on Exploring Potential Risks of Coal Exit Towards Economics and…

Indonesia’s Net Zero Emissions: A Roadmap for Clean, Affordable and Secure Energy

Blog, Event Coverage1 September 20212KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Stakeholders in Indonesia have realized that climate change is an important aspect of development planning in Indonesia. In addition to economic growth through the development of key sectors according to the principles of sustainable development, the aspect of emission reduction also requires special attention in order to quickly achieve net zero emissions. On this basis,…

Comprehensive Planning Required for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development

Blog, Event Coverage18 August 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Given the potential for solar energy that reaches 20.000 GW, the utilization of solar energy on a utility scale is still very small in Indonesia. It is recorded that until 2020, the total installed capacity of solar energy is 186 MW. Especially for utility-scale solar power plants, the number of auctions that have taken place…

A Pile of Government Homework to Develop Indonesia’s Electric Vehicle Market

Blog5 August 2021781Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, August 5, 2021, The electric vehicle market in Indonesia is still not well managed, even though there is good progress from an industrial point of view. The development of the electric vehicle industry in Indonesia is specifically regulated in Presidential Regulation 55/2019 which provides a legal basis for the development of electric vehicles. The…

Women in Energy: Ensuring the Presence of Gender Equity and Equality in Energy Sector

Blog26 July 2021901Views 0Likes 0Comments

Energy is a basic need for everyone, including women. So it is appropriate to consider the allocation and supply of energy that meets the needs of each gender. Unfortunately, the energy sector is often treated as a gender bias sector because many jobs in the energy sector involve physical work as well as technical calculations.…

Achieving Net-Zero Emission in the Asia Pacific By Combining Renewables Deployment and Energy Efficiency

Blog9 July 2021614Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 7 July 2021 - Energy transformation is already underway in some countries. The available technologies are getting more affordable and easy to find. The Asia Pacific is accounted for more than 50% of global energy consumption. On the other hand, about 10% of its population still do not have access to basic electricity services.…

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources promises better policies to shift to greener energy system

Blog6 July 2021903Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 1 July 2021. To achieve the target of 23 % of the renewable energy mix, now reaching 11,2%, the Indonesian government is currently reviewing the regulation related to renewable energy, especially solar PV, promising that it will be the progressive policy for solar development in Indonesia. Mustaba Ari Suryoko, Head of Sub-directorate for Supervision of…