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Sulawesi, Timor and Sumbawa Islands Can Be Fully Electrified by Renewable Energy

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Jakarta, June 30, 2025 - As the world's largest archipelago, Indonesia has an advantage in accelerating the energy transition. The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) believes that the development of independent distributed energy systems on each island can strengthen energy security and support the achievement of the national net zero emission (NZE) target of…

Strengthening the Concept and Implementation of Just Transition in National and Regional Planning in Indonesia

Press Release16 July 2024814Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director IESR Jakarta, July 16, 2024—Indonesia, through the Ministry of National Development Planning (Ministry of PPN/Bappenas), has included energy transition in the National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) 2025-2045. The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) encourages Bappenas to integrate just transition in Indonesia's energy transition in each derivative regulation, including the National Medium-Term…

Power Wheeling Will Open Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities in Indonesia

Press Release20 May 2024932Views 0Likes 0Comments

Fabby Tumiwa, Direktur Eksekutif IESR Jakarta, May 20, 2024- The government is again pushing for the power wheeling scheme to be included in the Draft New and Renewable Energy Bill (RUU EBET). This scheme will fulfill New and Renewable Energy (NRE) supply Articles 29A and 47A in network utilization cooperation (open access). The power wheeling scheme…

Kompas | Subsidies and Compensation in the Electricity Sector Tend to Increase

Media Coverage16 May 2024459Views 0Likes 0Comments

Reform of electricity market governance is considered to need to be seen more broadly, as part of efforts to reduce the state's financial burden. The reason is that currently, through subsidies and compensation to PT Perusahaan Pendidikan Negara (Persero), electricity is still very dependent on the state budget. Reform is needed to get electricity prices that are correct and…

KBR | Advantages of Combining Floating Solar Power Plant and Hydropower like in Cirata

Media Coverage30 January 2024511Views 0Likes 0Comments

Combining solar and hydropower plants in one area can stabilize the electricity supply. Such is the case in Cirata's floating solar and hydropower plant. Read more on KBR.

Kompas.com | Not Only Electricity, Energy Transition Needs to Be Comprehensive

Media Coverage18 December 2023468Views 0Likes 0Comments

Energy transition in Indonesia must be carried out comprehensively, not only limited to the electricity sector but also targeting other sectors. Read more on Kompas.

IETD 2023: Empowering the Acceleration of the Electricity Sector Transformation in Indonesia

Press Release14 September 2023723Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, September 13, 2023 - The Indonesia Clean Energy Forum (ICEF) and the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), in collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), are once again organizing the Indonesia Energy Transition Dialogue (IETD) 2023 from September 18th to 20th, 2023, with the theme "Empowering the Acceleration of the…

ANTARA | Power Wheeling Scheme ‘Nothing to Worry About,’ Say IESR

Media Coverage28 February 2023316Views 0Likes 0Comments

Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, explains there is nothing to worry about related to the "power wheeling" scheme. Read more on ANTARA.