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

Blog, Event Coverage8 September 2021265Views 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 2021625Views 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 2021382Views 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…

Solar PV and Cooperatives Combined to Achieve Energy Democracy

Event Coverage27 June 2021332Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 24 June 2021, IESR survey shows that more people are interested in adopting rooftop solar power plants, especially if an attractive financing scheme is available. It will be a huge opportunity to expand the rooftop solar PV market answering the challenges of the climate crisis on a practical level done individually by transitioning to…

Renewable Energy Development First, Nuclear should be the last option or not at all

Event Coverage25 June 2021273Views 0Likes 0Comments

Nuclear energy has created a dialogue and debate about the benefits and risks it brings. On the one hand, nuclear energy can meet energy needs, and can be used in various fields such as medical and military. But nuclear power also carries the risk of radiation leakage. There are noteworthy nuclear accidents, starting from Three…

Beyond 207 Gigawatts : Accelerating solar development in Indonesia

Blog, Event Coverage25 June 2021233Views 0Likes 1Comment

Seeing the need for an update for solar power technical potential in Indonesia, the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) with technical support from the Global Environmental Institute (GEI) conducted a nationwide geographic information system-based (GIS-based) solar photovoltaic (PV) technical potential assessment in the country. Technical potential estimates represent the achievable electricity generation potential (terawatt-hours), including…

Coal as Stranded Assets: Potential Climate-related Transition Risk and Its Financial Impacts to Indonesia Banking Sector

Blog, Event Coverage25 June 2021309Views 0Likes 2Comments

An important issue to be discussed at the G20 Summit Based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), transition risk is one of the financial risks that can arise from the process of adjusting to a low-carbon economy, both from policy/legal, technology, market, and reputation risks. One of the financial impacts of these…

Not Renewable energy but Communicate that Coal is Intermittent and Expensive

Blog, Event Coverage24 June 2021184Views 0Likes 0Comments

Communication is a powerful instrument that can be used to build public awareness of the transition to energy and renewable energy. As for how to use this tool to reach various groups of people, not only for people whose daily life is involved in the energy world is an interesting topic of discussion in the…

Bali can lead as the clean energy province, the island owned enormous potential for technical and market of solar PV

Event Coverage15 June 2021655Views 0Likes 0Comments

Denpasar, 9 June 2021 – With the technical potential of 26.4 GWp (IESR, 2021), Bali can rely on solar energy to realize the vision of "Nangun Sat Kerthi Loka Bali'' in its energy system, one of which is by encouraging the community involvement in invest in PV mini-grid. This became an interesting discussion at the…

IESR: Indonesia Capable of Achieving Zero Emissions by 2050, Government Must Fully Commit to Realizing Energy Transition

Event Coverage4 June 2021722Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 28 May 2021 - The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), a think-tank that focuses on renewable energy and environmental issues, launched its latest study entitled, "Deep Decarbonization of Indonesia's Energy System: a Pathway to Zero-Emission by 2050". This study is a collaboration between IESR, Germany's Agora Energiewende, and Finland's Lappeenranta University of Technology…

Total support from the Government is required for a promising solar energy

Event Coverage4 June 2021246Views 0Likes 0Comments

"Solar cells will be the new promising commodity in the future, just like oil now," said Fabby Tumiwa during his explanation in the REinvest Indonesia - China forum. The forum aims to bridge the two countries in renewables investment collaboration. Indonesia is actively seeking a way to provide cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy sources…

Integrating the Biofuel Development Planning in the Long-Term Strategy of Indonesia’s Energy Transition

Event Coverage7 May 2021739Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, May 4, 2021- Since the early 2000s, Indonesia's oil production has continued to decline. To meet domestic oil demand, the Indonesian government has imported oil. Therefore, the government has also sought to find alternative fuels. Biofuel is one of the government's focuses to be developed and became the mainstream of Indonesia's energy policy. "There…