Warta Ekonomi | Renewable Energy Investment Continues to Increase, in Indonesia It’s Full of Challenges

Indonesia does not yet have comprehensive regulations that fully support the development of renewable energy. The regulations have not comprehensively regulated tariffs, incentives, subsidies, and risk reduction related to all new and renewable energy development activities. On the investment side, the lack of availability of funding from local financial institutions and the limited number of…

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Warta Ekonomi | IESR Explains 5 Challenges About the Roadmap for Retiring Coal Power Plantss in Indonesia

Some of the challenges in decarbonization in Indonesia include NRE which is still developing slowly, it is difficult to stop the newly built Coal Power Plants (PLTU) because there is an irrevocable investment agreement, guaranteed electricity purchases for the PLTU, in addition, the coal industry still has a significant role, and PLN's financial condition is…

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Kontan | Nuclear power investment could thwart climate change targets

Various low-carbon technology options can be an option in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions including renewable energy, Carbon Capture and Storage/ Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage. However, the government needs to consider it carefully because each technology has a different character and level of risk. However, in terms of development in the world, nuclear power…

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Kontan | Pursuing the New Renewable Energy mix target in the midst of a surplus of electricity, here are the MEMR and IESR solution options

Portions mix of renewable energy (EBT) in the national energy mix by 2020 only reached 23% of the target in 2025. The RUPTL is expected to increase the share of renewable energy-based electricity generation to 20 GW based on the grid. According to Fabby, Executive Director of IESR, the solution for using PLTS is quite…

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Kompas | Indonesia still has a lot of homework to do in the energy transition

Some notes in the energy transition are preparing an integrated national energy plan, mitigating the impact of the energy transition on the fossil fuel industry, using low-carbon technology in the transportation industry, and considering the principle of equity during the transition period. According to Fabby, Executive Director of IESR, in this decade it is important…

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Katadata | Ministerial regulation on Rooftop-PV completed, Ministry of Energy and Community Resources says implementation is still problematic

Director General of New Renewable Energy Energy Conservation of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dadan Kusdiana, said that all processes in the preparation of ministerial regulations were in accordance with procedures, but this ministerial regulation was related to the presidential regulation, namely the issuance of a permit to the president. The Ministry of…

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