The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, stated that mandatory green industry standards (SIH) must be oriented towards increasing Indonesia's export competitiveness.
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Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) has pointed out that, since the cost of an electric car averaged roughly above Rp 700 million (US$44,871.88), the incentive, which amounted to Rp 80 million, would put the price of such vehicles at around Rp 600 million.
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Faris Adnan, the Young Researcher for Electricity Systems and Distributed Energy Resources, explained that the Indonesian government could reflect on India's experience in providing incentives for electric vehicles through the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme.
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The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, explains the current electric car subsidy policy is inappropriate. The reason is that electric car buyers are upper-middle-class people.
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Based on IESR calculations, when people switch to using electric motorbikes, the savings from purchasing fuel that can be enjoyed reach IDR 5-8 million per year.
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The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) notes the energy transition investment is still falling short. During the 2017-2021 period, the average increase in investment realization on renewable energy was only US$ 1.62 billion. From January-September 2022, the completion was only US$ 1.35 billion, or 34 percent of the ambitious target of US$ 3.97 billion.
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The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, believes there is a need for government intervention. One of them is by forming a private electricity negotiating team as was done in the 1999-2000 era.
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The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) says that the electricity sector contributes 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia. The Executive Director of IESR, Fabby Tumiwa, explained that the total emissions from the energy sector had reached 600 million tons.
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The writer of Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook (2023), a senior researcher at IESR, Handriyanti D Puspitarini, explained that Indonesia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.72 percent in the third quarter of 2022, in line with increased economic activity as before the pandemic. However, more budget allocations support fossil energy in the economic recovery program.
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Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, stated that developed countries should be responsible for reducing carbon gas emissions by supporting carbon neutral or Net Zero Emissions (NZE).
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Shahnaz Nur Firdausi, Energy and Climate Researcher at the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), said that electric vehicle emissions are lower than gasoline vehicles, even though currently, electricity still comes from the power plant.
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IESR and CAT view that Indonesia should be able to set even more ambitious targets, especially after the issuance of Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 112 of 2022 concerning the Acceleration of Renewable Energy Development for the Provision of Electricity.
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