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The Jakarta Post | Tug of war: Stakeholders clash over nuclear, fossil fuel addition to green energy bill

IESR Dalam Berita26 September 2020113Views 0Likes 0Comments

Green energy businesses and watchdogs are up in arms over the House of Representatives’ decision to add nuclear and “new” fossil fuel technologies into a landmark green energy bill. Industry players have issued statements and held public hearings with lawmakers over the past two weeks to protest such an addition in the long-awaited New and…

This Week in Asia | Asia’s next clean energy battle isn’t in China or India. It’s in Indonesia

IESR Dalam Berita24 Februari 2020202Views 0Likes 0Comments

Southeast Asia’s largest economy and democracy is approaching a demographic shift. In the next 10 years, almost half of Indonesia’s population will enter the work force. Only three in 10 people will not be of working age by 2030. Conventional poverty rates are declining, millions are moving into cities each year. The island nation’s labour…

Are coal power plants the best option to provide electricity? A Climate perspective

Blog27 Januari 2020192Views 0Likes 0Comments

The vice minister of Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Indonesia, Alue Dohong, leading the Indonesian delegation at COP 25 Madrid, 2-15 December 2019 The Government of Indonesia will stay committed to the implementation of the Paris Agreement. At least, it is the message that the Indonesian delegate wishes to communicate in the UNFCCC-COP25 in Madrid…

Indonesia ‘must stop building new coal plants by 2020’ to meet climate goals

IESR Dalam Berita3 Desember 2019131Views 0Likes 0Comments

2 December 2019 JAKARTA — Indonesia must stop building new coal-fired power plants by 2020 if it wants to do its part to cap global warming under the targets of the Paris climate agreement, new analysis shows. The country is one of the few still actively planning and constructing new plants, putting it on a trajectory…

Clean Energy Poses Challenge to Coal-Reliant Indonesia

IESR Dalam Berita17 April 2019115Views 0Likes 0Comments

Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman The Jakarta Post Jakarta / Wed, April 17, 2019 / 08:01 am The government, which is highly dependent on coal for power generation, will be facing challenges from consumers as more and more people are shifting to clean energy, an energy expert says. Fabby Tumiwa, the executive director of local…