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Realizing One Village, One Megawatt of Solar Energy

Blog12 December 2025400Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 12, 2025 – President Prabowo Subianto stated that Indonesia will build 100 GW of solar power plants plus battery storage systems. The government is projected to install 1 MW of PV and 4 MW of batteries in 80,000 villages across Indonesia. This initiative is said to be an integrated part of the Koperasi…

IESR: Indonesia Needs to Strengthen Climate Action Post-COP30

Press Release8 December 2025475Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 8 December 2025 - The 30th UN Climate Change Conference (Conference of Parties, COP30) in Belém, Brazil, officially concluded on Saturday (22/11). The meeting resulted in the Global Mutirão or Global Gotong Royong document, which contains new initiatives, including the Global Implementation Accelerator (GIA) to speed up the implementation of climate mitigation and…

The Dynamics of the Indonesian Coal Industry Transitioning Towards a Greener Energy System

Event Coverage8 December 2025199Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 3, 2025 – The energy transition is inevitable. The falling prices of low-carbon technologies such as solar energy and batteries are one of the driving forces behind the shift to low-carbon technologies. Projections show that without any intervention, within the next 5-10 years, the price of solar power plants and batteries will…

Retreat from Early CFPP Retirement Risks Stalling Indonesia’s Green Energy Transition

Press Release4 December 2025880Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 4, 2025 – Although Indonesia has issued the Ministerial Regulation of the Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) No. 10/2025, which should regulate the roadmap for the phase-out of Coal-Fired Power Plants (CFPPs) to achieve the net-zero emission (NZE) target by 2060 or sooner, its implementation has not shown concrete progress. While Minister of…

Indonesia Needs to Boost Industrial Decarbonization for 8 Percent Economic Growth

Blog3 December 2025406Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 2, 2025 – President Prabowo Subianto aims for Indonesia's economic growth to accelerate to 8 percent in the next few years. Responding to this, Fabby Tumiwa, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), stated that there is one non-negotiable condition: 8 percent growth will not be achieved without…

Low-Emission Mobility Requires Policies That Favor Public Transportation

Blog1 December 2025251Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, December 1, 2025 - "Accelerating the decarbonization of the transportation sector must be a priority for the Indonesian government to achieve its zero-emission target in the coming decades. This is because the transportation sector is one of the three largest contributors to emissions in Indonesia. In 2024, this sector produced approximately 202 million tons…

Moving Indonesia’s Energy Transition Needle

Event Coverage24 November 2025529Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, November 20, 2025 – Indonesia finds itself in a paradoxical situation: it possesses abundant renewable energy potential, yet its energy system is dominated by fossil fuel power plants. For nine consecutive years, Indonesia has failed to achieve its renewable energy expansion target. Meanwhile, fossil fuel capacity continues to grow. This has left Indonesia in…

Development of Tolo 2 Wind Farm: The Importance of Synchronizing Power Plants and Transmission Networks

Blog17 November 2025399Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, November 17, 2025 – Indonesia plans to start the construction of the Tolo 2 Wind Power Plant (PLTB) in South Sulawesi, with construction scheduled to begin late next year. This power plant is a development of the Tolo 1 Wind Farm, which has been fully operational since its inauguration in 2019. Responding to this…

Webinar Road to Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook 2026: “Toward a Green Future with Sustainable Building Transformation”

11 November 20252KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Background The progress and developments in Indonesia's energy transition are specifically reviewed in one of IESR's flagship reports, launched every year-end: the Indonesia Energy Transition Outlook (IETO). Published since 2018, IETO, formerly named the Indonesia Clean Energy Outlook (ICEO), aims to regularly monitor the progress and developments of Indonesia's energy transition, and to identify challenges…

Learning from China: Accelerating the Green Transformation of Indonesia’s Industrial Parks

Event Coverage3 November 2025307Views 0Likes 0Comments

Beijing, October 27, 2025 – In an effort to strengthen the direction of industrial transformation toward sustainability, an Indonesian delegation comprising representatives from the Indonesian Industrial Estate Association (HKI), the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming/BKPM, and the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) conducted a working visit to China. Over…

Making Bali a Model Renewable Energy Island

Event Coverage30 October 2025305Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, October 29, 2025 – Bali has long been a tourist icon. Beyond its natural charm, Bali has also played a role in climate action by serving as a stage when Indonesia hosted global climate summits such as COP13 in 2007 and the G20 in 2022. These summits laid the foundation for Indonesia's climate commitments,…

Energy Transition Needs to Be Accelerated to Respond to the Climate Crisis

Event Coverage13 October 2025860Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, October 13, 2025 - The energy transition is a necessity if Indonesia is to achieve sustainable growth. This was stated by Fabby Tumiwa, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), in the program The Big Idea Forum and Indonesia Energy Transition Dialogue (IETD) 2025, supported by IESR, which…