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Racing Against Time, Driving Deep Decarbonization of Indonesia’s Energy System

Blog14 March 202322Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 14, 2023 - The Government of Indonesia (GoI) needs to set more ambitious targets to accelerate the transition to clean energy with decarbonization so that the increase in the earth's temperature does not exceed 1.5°C. As a country that ratified the Paris Agreement, Indonesia is legally bound to integrate its policies to achieve…

The Central Java MEMR Office Involves IESR in the Drafting of the Strategic Plan 2024 – 2026

Blog6 March 202325Views 0Likes 0Comments

Semarang, 1 March 2023 - The Energy and Mineral Resources of Central Java Province involved the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) as a participant in the Regional Forum for Drafting Strategic Plans Document for 2024-2026. This activity was held at the ESDM Office of Central Java Province, opened with remarks by the Head of…

Driving Solar Energy Development through Gerilya

Blog2 March 202317Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 1 March 2023 - The energy transition requires the participation of all parties to make it happen. The education sector is predicted to be one of the strategic pillars to ensure that there are high quality experts and technicians who are ready to take part in the realm of renewable energy development. Secretary General…

Tracking the Advancements of Indonesia’s Electric Vehicle Battery Industry

Blog2 March 202361Views 0Likes 0Comments

Over the present decade, the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) has witnessed a significant increase with year-over-year sales showing exponential growth. According to reports from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), there are already almost 20 million EVs on the road until the end of 2021. To enhance energy efficiency, ensure tailpipe emission reduction, and decrease…

Power Wheeling Scheme Has Potential Create Renewable Energy Market

Blog28 February 202334Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, February 28, 2023 - Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, highlighted the power-wheeling scheme contained in discussions on the New Energy and Renewable Energy Bill (RUU EBET). However, the scheme has been removed from the problem inventory list (DIM) preparation in the New and Renewable Energy Bill (RUU…

Developing Indonesia’s Geothermal Power for Energy Transition

Blog24 February 202337Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, February 24, 2023 - PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Tbk (PGE) is ready to hold an initial public offering (IPO) worth Rp9.8 trillion on the Indonesia Stock Exchange on Friday (24/2/2023). With these funds, PGE will develop a geothermal power plant (PLTP) with a capacity of 600 megawatts until 2027. Responding to this, the Executive…

Emission Reduction in Transportation

Blog20 February 202350Views 0Likes 2Comments

Jakarta, February 20, 2023 - Decarbonizing the transportation sector is one of the key agendas to achieve Indonesia's net zero emission target by 2060. The transportation sector is the second largest GHG emitter (23%), which road transport contributing 90% of the sector's emissions, with total emissions in the energy sector closing to 600 MtCO2eq in…

Excess Power Supply, PLN Needs to Evaluate the 35 GW Megaproject

Blog8 February 202333Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, February 8, 2023 - The State Electricity Company ( PLN) is currently in the midst of a crisis of oversupply of electricity. Several factors cause this, including the pandemic and global recession. In addition, there is a 35 Gigawatt coal power plant megaproject that has been initiated since 2015 and operated at only…

Indonesia May Start Using Biodiesel B35 in February 2023, What Should the Government Pay Attention?

Blog7 February 202341Views 0Likes 1Comment

Jakarta, February 7, 2023 - Indonesia's ESDM Ministry confirmed that 35 percent biodiesel or B35 biodiesel would begin to take effect on February 1, 2023. B35 contains 35 percent palm oil-based biofuel and 65 percent diesel. Hopefully, this program can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by around 34.9 million tonnes CO2e. Responding to this policy,…

Nationwide Synergy and Investment for Indonesia’s Renewable Energy

Blog6 February 202329Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 6 February 2023 - Indonesia's journey to net zero emission is still a long and winding road. One of the government's actions in realizing this target is to make regulations to encourage the implementation of renewable energy. In reality, targets, regulations and implementation are often unaligned. Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of the Institute for…

Indonesia’s Energy Transition from Journalist’s Perspective

Blog17 January 202324Views 0Likes 0Comments

The energy transition towards renewable energy is roaring in the momentum of the G20 2022. It's because the Indonesian Government places the energy transition as one of the priority issues under its leadership at the G20. Furthermore, its coverage in the mass media, using the keyword "energy transition" on Brandwatch.com, increased from 346 in 2017…

Time Moves On, Has Indonesia’s Energy Transition Moved Forward?

Blog13 January 202320Views 0Likes 0Comments

Indonesia's energy transition journey is entering a critical period considering that the available time is getting shorter. Indonesia's closest target is to achieve 23% of the renewable energy mix by 2025. Meanwhile, the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) agreement committed at the 2022 G20 Summit targets 34% of renewable energy by 2030. In this increasingly…