The development of the electric vehicle ecosystem needs to be accelerated. Fiscal incentives for electric two-wheelers and restrictions on conventional vehicles are key to successful EV development in Indonesia

Blog5 February 20212KViews0Likes0Comments
Despite the Ministry of Industry targets to increase annual electric vehicles (EV) sales to 400,000 units (passenger cars) and 1,760,000 units (motorcycles) by 2025, the current EV adoption rate is still low, writes Idoan Marciano, one of the authors of the Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook (IETO) 2021 . By 2020, electric cars only reached…

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Introducing Solarhub.id a new IESR’s initiative providing information about solar PV and it’s development in Indonesia

Blog13 November 20201KViews0Likes0Comments
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), solar photovoltaic (PV) would play an important role in global energy transition [efn_note]IEA, 2018, World Energy Outlook 2018.[/efn_note] . The rapid technology development and the increasing demand for solar PV have pulled the solar PV price much cheaper than in the past decades. The easy installation and construction…

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Energy transition will have socio-economic impacts, therefore the transition should be well-managed by the government to achieve a just energy transition

Blog30 October 20201KViews0Likes0Comments
IESR Study Report The energy transition from fossil energy is currently happening and is unavoidable. This phenomenon could expose countries that depend on fossil fuels to social and economic risks. Therefore it is crucial for the government of Indonesia to manage the transition to minimize the negative impacts while taking the opportunities from the positive…

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Diligent and participatory planning that takes into account technological developments will be key to transition the Indonesian transport sector

Blog14 October 2020779Views0Likes0Comments
The transportation sector is the largest energy user in Indonesia and contributes significantly to the increase in GHG emissions. The high dependence on oil in the transportation sector has resulted in various problems such as growing oil imports, worsening air pollution, and increasing CO2 emissions. In line with economic growth, the demand for transportation will…

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Global energy transition will threaten Indonesia’s coal industry. It’s time to prepare for the coal transition

Blog14 October 20201KViews0Likes0Comments
  Plummeting costs of renewable energy, increasing coal-related health risks, and raising concern about climate change will likely push coal out of the global energy sector. As the world’s largest steam coal exporter and one of the countries with massive coal-fired power plant expansion, Indonesia would likely hit hard by the global energy transition.  The main…

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Opportunities for climate-smart development in Indonesia

Blog7 October 2020925Views0Likes0Comments
Original article was published on Climateworks blog Indonesia is among the top 10 greenhouse gas emitting countries globally, and is the largest economy within Southeast Asia, one of the fastest-growing regions in the world. As a rapidly developing country (the World Bank upgraded it to upper-middle-income status earlier this year) with the world’s fourth-largest population, Indonesia is a…

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