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Jakarta Post | RI Coal Retirement Program Hinges on Cirebon Power Deal, Say Experts

Media Coverage9 October 2023720Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Cirebon 1 coal-fired power plant owned by PT Cirebon Electric Power (Cirebon Power) is deemed to play a crucial role in Indonesia’s energy transition, with experts suggesting that whether other plants joined the government’s early retirement program for coal plants would depend on its success or failure. Read more on Jakarta Post.

Jakarta Post | Donor Countries’ Aversion to Coal Retirement Could Render JETP ‘Meaningless’

Media Coverage5 October 2023641Views 0Likes 0Comments

The government has again expressed its doubt that the International Partners Group (IPG), a coalition of Western countries coled by the United States and Japan, is willing to help fund the retirement of Indonesia’s coal-fired power plants, which would signal a major setback to the country achieving its emissions reduction goal. Read more on Jakarta Post.

Warta Ekonomi | IESR Estimates That 5 GW of Coal-Fired Power Plants Will Not Be Able to Recieve Funding from China

Media Coverage29 September 2023510Views 0Likes 0Comments

Indonesia needs to anticipate the changing times in the coal industry, which is showing a global declining trend. In a seminar titled "Sunset of Coal-Fired Power Plants and the Coal Industry," Fabby Tumiwa, Executive Director of the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), conveyed that coal is currently experiencing a significant decline. Read more on Warta…

ANTARA | Observer: The Shutdown of Coal-Fired Power Plants Needs to Calculate Benefits

Media Coverage14 September 2023611Views 0Likes 0Comments

Deon Arinaldo, Energy Transformation Program Manager at the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), stated that the discourse of "early retirement" or the cessation of coal-fired power plant operations also requires a calculation from the benefit perspective. Read more on ANTARA.

Media Indonesia | IESR: Retirement Program for Coal-Fired Power Plants Needs to Be Holistically Examined

Media Coverage14 September 2023544Views 0Likes 0Comments

Deon Arinaldo, Energy Transformation Program Manager at the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR), emphasizes that Indonesia cannot abruptly retire Coal-Fired Power Plants (PLTU) solely based on energy transition. Read more on Media Indonesia.

Efforts to Reducing PLTU Coal Consumption Are Constrained by the Availability of Biomass

Media Coverage14 September 2023602Views 0Likes 0Comments

The government's efforts to reduce the use of coal in steam power plants through the co-firing mechanism of biomass are indeed facing several challenges. Read more on Kompas.

Kata Data | Five Obstacles to Biomass Co-Firing to Drive the Energy Transition

Media Coverage14 September 2023536Views 0Likes 0Comments

The government is encouraging the implementation of biomass co-firing as a pathway to swiftly realize the transition to clean energy. However, there are several issues in its execution. Here is a list of problems that arise in the implementation of biomass co-firing. Read more on Kata Data.

Media Indonesia | Anticipate the Socio-Economic Impact of the Decline of the Coal Industry

Media Coverage14 September 2023635Views 0Likes 0Comments

DIVERSIFICATION and economic transformation must be immediately planned to anticipate the social and economic impact of the decline in the coal industry. This is in line with plans to end PLTU operations and increase commitment to energy transition and emission mitigation from countries that have been destinations for coal exports so far. Read more on Media…

Kompas | Lulled by Coal

Media Coverage7 September 2023802Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Our World in Data page states that at the turn of the 20th century, half of the world's energy sources came from coal. The transition from fossil energy to renewable energy, which was previously slow, is now accelerating. In the UK, around two-thirds of electrical energy came from coal in 1990. In 2010 this…

Kompas | A Total of 15 Coal-Fired Power Plants Can Be Retired Until 2030.

Media Coverage7 September 2023603Views 0Likes 0Comments

A study by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources together with stakeholders shows that by 2030, as many as 15 coal-fired power plants can be terminated before their operational period. This has the potential to reduce emissions by 36 million tonnes of carbon dioxide or CO2 by 2030. Read more on Kompas.

Katadata | This is The Trend in Indonesia’s New Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity Over The Last 23 Years

Media Coverage6 September 2023819Views 0Likes 0Comments

Coal-fired power plants (CFPP) have been built frequently in Indonesia for the past 23 years. Data from the Global Energy Monitor shows that it was only four years that Indonesia was not recorded as having additional electricity capacity from new CFPPs, namely 2001-2003 and 2005. Read more on Katadata.

Policy Reform and Concessional Finance Needed to Achieve JETP Targets

Blog6 September 2023700Views 0Likes 0Comments

Jakarta, September 6, 2023 – The draft Comprehensive Investment and Policy Plan (CIPP) document of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) is under review by the Indonesian government. This review is seen as an effort to ensure that the achievement of JETP targets is in line with reality. This was conveyed by Rachmat Kaimuddin, Deputy…