Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Service Reform (IESR) Fabby Tumiwa said that the use of EBT will also produce green products. Besides being able to reduce the use of fossil energy in the industry, NRE is believed to be able to absorb and create new jobs. Meanwhile, International Renewable Energy or IRENA noted…

The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) provides an illustration that a trip using a gasoline or diesel-fueled car as far as 1 km will produce as much as 200 grams of CO2 emissions. These data indicate that a reduction in mobility can have a significant positive impact on reducing carbon emissions from the transportation…

The Climate Transparency 2021 report considers Indonesia's Nationally Determined Contribution target to be inadequate to meet the Paris agreement. The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Green Economy Program Manager, Lisa Wijayani, said that the government should design more ambitious targets for reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. Read more Tempo

All citizens must make efforts to overcome climate change as an emergency issue. One of the big problems in Indonesia is that 86% of Indonesia's energy comes from fossil fuels. Indonesia needs to move to renewable energy sources, use energy efficiently, and gradually stop operating coal-fired plants Read more VOA Indonesia

The energy crisis that occurred in the UK can be a lesson for countries that have a dependence on fossil energy to make the transition to renewable energy. The crisis occurred due to the soaring price of fossil energy. The volatility of primary energy prices, namely fossil energy, is the common thread of the widespread…

The recent global energy crisis is nothing new. This happens because humans are very dependent on fossil fuels and as a result of climate change, indirectly changes in the use of fuels in particular also experience an increase in prices. This crisis is also influenced by the availability of fossil fuels itself Read more IDX Channel

State Electricity Company (PLN) requires an investment of around IDR 72.4 trillion per year for the construction of electricity infrastructure during the period 2021-2030. The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Fabby Tumiwa revealed that with the limited capital expenditure (capex) conditions, there are a number of options that PLN can…

The government through the Ministry of Finance has set a carbon tax of 30 rupiah per kilogram of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) on the amount of emissions that exceed the stipulated cap. The tax rate which is effective in stages starting April 1, 2022 is considered too cheap, so it is feared that it will…

The current energy crisis is closely related to the high cost of fossil energy. Its existence is still important and much needed for power generation. The government must eliminate barriers to NRE development and create a safe investment climate Read more Katadata

50 percent of air pollution in DKI Jakarta is contributed by the transportation sector, 30 percent from power plants and the rest is waste. DKI Jakarta has a potential source of electrical energy that relies on solar power, which is estimated to reach 6.8 to 22.9 GWh based on the IESR study in 2020. This…

The technical potential of solar energy in Central Java reaches 193-670 GWp with the potential for solar around 285-959 TWh per year. This has become an attraction for the commercial and industrial sectors to install solar power plants. The government has also tried to accommodate the need for rooftop PV mini-grid installations with several strategies…

As of August 2021, there have been 4,133 users of solar power plants (PLTS) and based on this data, the largest PLTS are in West Java (9 MWp), Jakarta (6.99 MWp), Central Java and DIY (5.88 MWp). The government has also done accommodations by lowering the parallel capacity cost for industrial customers Read more iNews