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Public Webinar: Is ASEAN Ready to Advance Its Regional Cross-Border Electricity Initiative?

26 March 2025293Views 0Likes 0Comments

Background Electricity coverage varies greatly across Southeast Asia, with some nations, such as Singapore and Brunei, having 100% coverage and others, such as Myanmar, having only 66% coverage. Electricity coverage, like in many other countries, helps to alleviate poverty, promote economic growth, and raise public living standards. However, enhancing energy security in Southeast Asia presents…

Compiling Energy Transition Stories Across Indonesia

Event Coverage26 March 202584Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 21, 2025 - Civil society is one of the pillars of public policy advocacy strength. Collaboration between civil society organizations will have a stronger impact in influencing public opinion. Therefore, having a similar narrative message is important so that public opinion on one issue is unified and comprehensive. The Institute for Essential Services…

Protecting the Earth, Securing the Future: It’s Time for Young People to Take Action

Event Coverage24 March 202597Views 0Likes 0Comments

Semarang, March 20, 2025 – The worsening environmental damage is directly impacting the future of younger generations. From declining air quality and clean water crises to climate change disrupting agriculture and public health, the consequences are severe. Despite not being involved in past decisions, today's youth will bear the brunt of these impacts. Therefore, young…

Energy Transition Task Force Expected to Accelerate Energy Transition and Industrial Decarbonization

Press Release21 March 2025301Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, March 21, 2025 - The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) welcomes and appreciates the establishment of the Energy Transition and Green Economy Task Force (TEH Task Force) through the Decree of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Number 141 of 2025. The existence of this Task Force shows the commitment of President Prabowo's…

IESR: Indonesia’s 333 GW Renewable Energy Potential is Financially Viable

Event Coverage4 March 2025392Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, February 27, 2025 - The global trend of renewable energy use is increasing massively. This is supported by increasing innovation in renewable energy technology and falling battery prices. However, in the last five years, Indonesia has not shown significant progress in adding its renewable energy capacity. In 2024, the total renewable energy capacity was…

Understanding the Context of Southeast Asia’s Energy Transition Comprehensively

Event Coverage4 March 202579Views 0Likes 0Comments

Putrajaya, February 20, 2025 - Southeast Asia is the region with the largest economic growth today. Economic growth goes hand in hand with the demand for energy to drive economic activities. With the ambition to pursue economic growth, energy needs in the ASEAN region will also increase significantly. The fulfillment of these large energy needs…

Building Understanding to Accelerate Energy Transition in Southeast Asia

Event Coverage24 February 2025342Views 0Likes 0Comments

Malaysia, 21 February 2025 - Malaysia's ASEAN 2025 chairmanship has a number of priorities focuses in the energy sector. The idea of accelerating the ASEAN power grid, to the push to make ASEAN a semiconductor industry hub. Other supporting infrastructure such as the possibility of using new technologies, mobilizing funding, and mobilizing finance for renewable…

Building Energy Cooperation for an Integrated ASEAN Energy Transition

Event Coverage20 February 2025416Views 0Likes 0Comments

Malaysia, 19 February 2025 - ASEAN has become a strategic region with high economic growth and population density. This high activity has made the demand for energy in the ASEAN region continue to grow. To ensure that economic growth is in line with the need to maintain sustainable economic growth, systematic efforts are needed to…

Driving Clean Energy Transformation for a Sustainable Future

Event Coverage11 February 2025132Views 0Likes 0Comments

Semarang, February 6, 2025 – Central Java plays a crucial role in national economic development, with its rapidly growing industrial sector. According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the province contributed 8.24 percent to the national economy in Q3 2024, with the manufacturing sector dominating Central Java’s economic structure at approximately 33.31 percent.…

Promoting Energy Transition in National Energy Policy (KEN)

Event Coverage10 February 2025322Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 4 February 2025 – In an effort to encourage the energy transition towards Net-Zero Emission Indonesia in 2060 or sooner, the Coalition for Emission-Free Indonesia 2050 (KIBE 2050). KIBE 2050 is a forum for young people from various communities, NGOs, and community organizations that focus on sustainability and support the government in realizing…

Clean Energy Transition is a Prerequisite for Indonesia’s High Economic Growth and Competitiveness

Press Release3 February 20251KViews 0Likes 10Comments

Jakarta, February 2, 2025 - The President's Special Envoy for Climate and Energy, Hashim S. Djojohadikusumo, stated at the ESG Sustainability Forum 2025 that the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), agreed upon in November 2022, is a failure due to the lack of disbursed funds. He linked this to the United States’…

100 Days of Prabowo-Gibran: Opportunities to Accelerate Indonesia’s Energy Transition

Press Release22 January 20251KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, January 22, 2025 - The administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka will complete 100 days on January 28, 2025. The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) believes that while the government has expressed enthusiasm for achieving energy independence and aiming for zero emissions before 2060, this commitment has not…