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Comprehensive Power Plant Transition Strategy to Inform JETP’s CIPP

Press Release4 June 202433Views 0Likes 0Comments

Deon Arinaldo, Manajer Program Transformasi Energi, IESR JAKARTA, INDONESIA | June 4, 2024 - The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Indonesia's energy transition and environmental think tank, and the University of Maryland's Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) launched two new studies focused on strategies for achieving a thriving clean energy transition in Indonesia. The first…

Report Launching and Discussion : 1.5°C-aligned coal power transition pathways in Indonesia: additional strategies beyond the Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan (CIPP)

21 May 202432Views 0Likes 0Comments

Background Indonesia has ratified the Paris Agreement through Law no 16/2016. As a result, Indonesia is legally bound to contribute to the global struggle to mitigate the climate crisis through ambitious efforts and action in reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and limiting the increase of the average global temperature below 1.5 0 C. In…

Launch of Report on Identifying Financing Needs for an Equitable Transformation of Indonesia’s Electricity Sector

26 April 202413Views 0Likes 0Comments

Background As one of the largest coal consuming and producing countries, Indonesia is ranked 6th as a global greenhouse gas emitter with a share of 3.11% of total global emissions (Climatewatch, 2024). In 2020 alone, the energy sector became the largest contributor to emissions, following the forestry and land sectors that have almost always dominated…

South Sumatra Journalists Form Energy Transition Journalist Network

Press Release21 February 20246Views 0Likes 0Comments

Palembang, February 20, 2024 - The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Palembang together with the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), a leading think tank in Indonesia that focuses on energy and the environment and the Society of Indonesian Environmental Journalists (SIEJ) took the initiative to form the "South Sumatra (South Sumatra) Just Journalist Network"…

Draft Government Regulation on National Energy Policy (RPP KEN) Slashes NRE Target to 19 Percent in 2025

Press Release31 January 20248Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, January 31, 2024 - The National Energy Council (DEN) is working on updating Government Regulation (PP) Number 79 of 2014 concerning the National Energy Policy with a new draft policy (RPP KEN) that is being discussed with the DPR. DEN schedules the RPP KEN to be completed by June 2024. The new and renewable…

Pursuing the Target of a 23% Renewable Energy Mix in 2025 Requires an Acceleration Strategy and Political Commitment

Press Release17 January 20249Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, January 15, 2024 - The realization of new renewable energy in 2023 was only 13.1% of the target of 17.9% to reach 23% by 2025. Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Arifin Tasrif, when presenting the Achievements of the Energy and Mineral Resources Sector in 2023 & Work Program in 2024 put forward eight…

Comprehensive Action for Indonesia’s Energy Transition

Blog12 December 20236Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, 12 December 2023 - The energy transition journey in Indonesia in 2023 is entering a consolidation phase, which means that a number of policies that emerged in the 2020-2023 period need to be synchronized so that their implementation can accelerate steps towards one big goal, namely limiting the increase in earth's temperature to level…

Kompas | One Year Passes the Promise of IDR 300 Trillion JETP Program

Media Coverage4 December 202311Views 0Likes 0Comments

About a year ago, in the series of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia "was showered" with funding commitments for the energy transition of 20 billion US dollars in the Just Energy program. Transition Partnership or JETP. We continue to try to fulfill this commitment. On the other hand, the portion of grants in JETP is…

Media Indonesia | There’s No Free Lunch in Energy Transition

Media Coverage22 November 20236Views 0Likes 1Comment

When contacted separately, the Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, cautioned about the significant loan interest from debt schemes offered by the US in energy transition financing. He mentioned that part of the funding will be disbursed in the form of loans, while another part will come from grants. Read…

The ‘Just’ Principle in Financing Just Transition in Indonesia

Blog17 November 20237Views 0Likes 0Comments

Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 16 November 2023 – Leading up to COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, there is a growing focus on climate financing efforts. Climate financing has become a critical focus to support a fair transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon economy. The transformation towards a low-carbon economy and financing for a just transition requires…

Kompas | Grants Only 1.4 Percent, Energy Transition Potentially Hampered

Media Coverage13 November 20239Views 0Likes 0Comments

The grant portion in the Just Energy Transition Partnership or Just Energy Transition Partnership/JETP is currently only 300 million US dollars or 1 .4 percent of the total committed funding which reached 21.5 billion US dollars. The portion of grants which is much smaller than loans is considered to have the potential to become a burden in implementing JETP. Read…

Kata Data | The Government’s Target to Retire 1.7 Gigawatt CFPP is Considered too Small

Media Coverage10 November 20237Views 0Likes 0Comments

The government will retire a 1.7 Gigawatt (GW) Coal-fired Power plant (CFPP) by using fair transition cooperation funds (ETP). This is stated in the draft JETP comprehensive investment planning and policy document. Read more Kata Data.