The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) research institute assessed that the coal supply of 3.2 million tons received by the State Electricity Company was only sufficient for the next 15-20 days. Ideally, the State Electricity Company will receive a supply of 4-5 million tons of coal for reserves for 20 days. In aggregate, the…

The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) asked the government through the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to eliminate the price disparity by evaluating the DMO policy. The price disparity between PLN which takes coal at a price of 70 US dollars per metric ton is…

Regarding the government's policy of banning coal exports until January 31, Fabby agreed with the urgency of the availability of coal raw materials for PLN's supply to prevent power outages. However, he understands that there will be protests from businessmen because it seems rushed and does not involve business actors Read more at Investor

The energy transition requires a large investment. The total investment in the electricity sector is projected at one trillion US dollars by 2060 or 25 billion US dollars per year. One of the ways that the government has taken to address the climate is the implementation of a carbon tax, which was created through the…

The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa said that the government's policy to ban coal exports was an important lesson for Indonesia. The government needs to speed up verification of electricity sources by encouraging more NRE to enter the system and encouraging demand side management in order to reduce…

Based on a study by the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), the solar power plant is the easiest renewable energy project to implement and has the greatest opportunity in terms of labor absorption. For a solar power plant project with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW), for example, with an investment of IDR 15…

The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) asks the government to complete and improve the regulatory framework that allows the development of clean electric shocks to be faster and increase investment attractiveness because the construction of clean electric power plants does not have to go through incentives, but legal certainty in regulations Read more at Antara…

The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Fabby Tumiwa encourages State Electricity Company and the private sector to expand the development of fast charging public electric vehicle charging stations to accelerate the development of the electric vehicle ecosystem. He considered that expanding the range of fast-charging stations on the road network…

Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Executive Director Fabby Tumiwa said talks about energy transition from dirty energy to renewable energy began to rise in 2021, thus influencing several policies. Among other things, the government announced a plan to achieve decarbonization by 2060, no more coal power plants construction, and plans to retire the coal…

The energy transition doesn't just stop at the generation technology or how our energy mixes between fossil energy and NRE energy. There is no denying that the generation aspect has an important role, but the need for electricity generation does not exist in a vacuum. The technology must be supported by regulations that support the…

In the webinar "Preventing the Climate Crisis with Clean Energy" last September, the Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Fabby Tumiwa said, based on the IESR study, the Maluku and North Maluku regions have large new renewable energy potential, namely 738 gigawatts. This potential comes from solar, water, wind and biomass…

The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) is pessimistic that the new renewable energy or NRE regulation that is still being discussed will have an impact on the development of renewable energy. This is because the development of nuclear energy is included in the regulation. IESR Executive Director, Fabby Tumiwa said the NRE regulations were…