Event Coverage – Page 24

Energy Crisis Or Fossil Energy Crisis?

Event Coverage13 October 2021959Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, October 11, 2021 - In recent months, many media have reported on the energy crisis in Europe. In the UK, for example, many electric and gas utility companies went bankrupt and were forced to close. People are also seen queuing at gas stations to buy fuel. This phenomenon shows us that even countries with…

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

Blog, Event Coverage6 October 2021577Views 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 2021795Views 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 2021578Views 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 2021694Views 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…

Solar PV and Cooperatives Combined to Achieve Energy Democracy

Event Coverage27 June 2021794Views 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 2021712Views 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 2021931Views 0Likes 0Comments

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 20211KViews 0Likes 0Comments

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…