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Reducing the Dominance of Captive Coal-Fired Power Plants to Strengthen Long-Term Competitiveness

Press Release5 December 2025445Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 5, 2025 - The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) notes that the world is rapidly shifting toward a low-emission economic system. In 2025, global investment in renewable energy, electricity grids, and batteries reached USD 2.2 trillion, double the amount invested in fossil fuels. Beginning January 2026, the European Union will also enforce…

Webinar on Dispelling Doubts about the Energy Transition

17 June 2025471Views 0Likes 0Comments

Background The energy transition to clean energy sources is a crucial part of Indonesia's efforts to meet global commitments in tackling climate change. Indonesia has ratified the 2015 Paris Agreement, which targets the world to achieve carbon neutrality by the middle of this century (around 2050). As a form of contribution, Indonesia has set a…

Catalyzing the Energy Transition in Indonesia

Blog12 December 20243KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 12, 2024 - Energy transition is an important step that Indonesia must take to reduce carbon emissions. In fact, Indonesia has a target to achieve a renewable energy mix of 23% by 2025. However, in reality, until 2023, Indonesia's renewable energy mix had only reached 13.1% based on data from the National Energy…

Kompas.com | Not Just Developing Renewable Energy, Transition Also Needs to Retire CFPPs

Media Coverage25 November 2024598Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Indonesian government plans to build a power plant with a capacity of 100 gigawatts (GW). Read more on Kompas.com

TechinAsia | Amid Renewable Energy Target, Bank Mandiri Funds New Power Plant in South Sumatra

Media Coverage10 October 2024849Views 0Likes 0Comments

At the end of September, Bank Mandiri announced that it had provided an investment credit of US$1.27 billion (IDR 19.6 trillion) to finance a new steam power plant project in South Sumatra. Read more on TechinAsia.

Investor | Use of Carbon Capture and Storage Requires CFPP with Adequate Technology

Media Coverage9 October 2024827Views 0Likes 0Comments

The option of using carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology for steam-powered power plants (PLTU) to cut emissions has resurfaced. The USC SCR (U-SCR) technology in PLTU is considered suitable for implementing this option. Read more on Investor.

Imagining a Picture of a Just Transition in Indonesia

Event Coverage29 July 2024776Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 25 July 2024 - A just transition in Indonesia currently does not have a mutually agreed definition. The absence of this definition has resulted in uncertainty and a lack of uniformity in the focus of just transition initiatives and movements. The availability of an operational definition is expected to maximize the opportunities for energy…

Kompas | Two Sides of Biomass Utilization for CFPP

Media Coverage17 July 2024746Views 0Likes 0Comments

The implementation of co-firing or mixing biomass with coal in steam power plants is considered capable of increasing the contribution of energy renewables in the electrical energy mix. Apart from that, the use of wood processing waste as a biomass source also stimulates community economic activity. On the other hand, there are concerns that the increasing demand for biomass made from wood will…

Coal Domination in Indonesia, What are the Opportunities for Sustainable Energy?

Blog14 June 20242KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, June 14, 2024 - Coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) still dominate the energy industry in Indonesia. According to data from the National Energy Council (DEN), 2023, the energy mix comprised approximately 40.46% coal, 30.18% petroleum, 16.28% natural gas, and 13.09% renewable energy. This information was presented by Raden Raditya Yudha Wiranegara, Research Manager at the…

Koran Jakarta | Government Should Accelerate Fossil Energy Curbs

Media Coverage7 May 2024596Views 0Likes 0Comments

Indonesia is finalizing the early retirement package of a 660-megawatt coal-fired power plant (PLTU) that will be a pilot project for energy transition. Read more on Koran Jakarta.

Identify Funding Needs for the Just Transition

Event Coverage2 May 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 30 April 2024 - The energy transition process is entering a new phase with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) funding which was agreed in 2022. The availability of affordable funding is a real challenge for the energy transition process. In the latest study, Identifying Finance Needs for a Just Transformation of Indonesia's Power…

Between Low Renewable Energy Target and High Economic Growth Ambitions

Blog21 February 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 20 February 2024 - Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) assesses the steps taken by the National Energy Council (DEN) to adjust the renewable energy mix target in the Draft of Government Regulation on National Energy Policy (RPP KEN) from the original 23 percent to 17-19 percent 2030…