The Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Fabby Tumiwa assessed that the development of charging infrastructure for electric motorized vehicles must be encouraged to accelerate the use of electric vehicles in Indonesia. Read more Bisnis Read more Bisnis

An Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) study last month also highlighted the potential for land expansion with a biodiesel program that would have environmental and social impacts. Read more Mongabay

Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) Executive Director Fabby Tumiwa said that the cost of this investment depends on many factors. Such as the selection of technology to be used, namely high voltage alternating current (HVAC) or direct current (HVDC) transmission lines. Then the distance to be connected, the amount of power transmitted, to environmental…

Closing down 50 GW of coal-fired power plants still isn’t sufficient to guarantee Indonesia’s smooth sailing toward its net-zero emissions target. “The target [of closing 50 GW coal-fired power plants] is not ambitious enough. From IESR’s recent study, this plan can be pushed through before 2030 and it is not needed to wait until 2055,”…

JAKARTA, Indonesia /PV Magazine/ — Countries such as Japan, South Korea, and China, which have been the main supporters of Indonesian coal investment, have decided to limit their direct investment. "This could pose financial problems for PLN in the future", said Fabby Tumiwa, managing director of the Essential Services Reform Agency (IESR). Closing 50 GW…

Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services and Reform (IESR), a think-tank in the field of energy and the environment, said that there are two reasons why the government still relies on Coal Power Plant (PLTU). “The practical reason from PLN and the ESDM [Ministry] is that the cost of the PLTU…

JAKARTA – The energy and environmental think tank Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) views that financing rooftop solar power plants (PLTS) can create business opportunities for cooperatives. Read more Okezone

Indonesia can tap its potential in renewable energy to fulfill the country's commitment to the Paris climate accord and reduce its dependence on coal-based power, according to analysts. Southeast Asia's biggest economy aims to slash emissions by 29 percent by 2030. State-owned utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara said in May that it will stop building coal-fired power…

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Starting in 2025, the government will no longer allow the construction of coal power plants. This is stated in the draft General Plan for the Provision of Electric Power (RUPTL) 2021-2030. In the RUPTL it is stated that the coal power plants whose status is still planned after 2025 will be changed…

KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The province of Bali has abundant Renewable Energy potential. If encouraged, then the development of Renewable Energy in Bali is expected to be able to achieve the national Renewable Energy mix target of 23% by 2025. Original article    

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Institute For Essential Services Reform (IESR) Executive Director Fabby Tumiwa assessed that stopping the electricity discount stimulus during the Covid-19 pandemic in July 2021 was the right step. This follows the recovery of economic conditions. Original article  

Indonesian state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara is aiming to phase out coal-fired power as the country brings forward its carbon neutrality ambitions to 2060. Indonesia's aim to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 is "clearly possible" and could "even be accelerated to around 2050," said Fabby Tumiwa, executive director of the Institute of Essential Services Reform,…