More Strategies for Solar PV Acceleration After Pandemic
Despite promising increase in rooftop solar PV adoption in the last few years, pandemic is expected to hit Indonesia’s solar PV development hard. Government of Indonesia needs to remap the current strategies to reaccelerate solar PV development after the pandemic. In the last five years, we had watched the increasing contribution of solar electricity in […]
Unlocking the Blue Energy Potential in Indonesia
By: Haryanto Research Assistant at Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center (PYC). Nowadays, renewables have been a topic of broad discussion. Renewables such as solar energy, bioenergy, geothermal, wind and hydro are commonly discussed in many forums. The use of renewables is closely associated with increasing energy security. Nevertheless, other renewables, such as energy from the ocean […]
Good News is a Bad News: Indonesia’s Electricity Subsidy
Indonesia’s Electricity Subsidy Electricity subsidy has been one of Indonesia’s government main issues for an extended period. Figure 1 shows the fluctuation of electricity subsidy taken from State Electricity Company (PT PLN) financial report between 1998 to August 2020. The significant increase was experienced in 2005 during the economic crisis as the government broaden the […]
Optimizing Geothermal Energy for Green Economy Recovery in Indonesia
The biggest challenge for developing countries after being severely struck by the COVID-19 pandemic is reviving the economy sector. Indonesia, as one of them, should learn from the 1997-1998 crisis that economic recovery will not happen in a single night. Therefore, Indonesia needs to consider a sustainable solution. Optimizing the available green energy sources, such […]
The 23% NRE Target, Within Grasp or Not?
The Government of Indonesia’s target to increase the portion of the new and renewable energy (NRE) to 23% in the national energy mix by 2025 is currently being questioned. This is due to the low growth rate of NRE contributions over the past five years. Therefore, the government must evaluate its strategic plans, especially in […]
Indonesia’s Demand-Side Management Actions Need More Spotlights
Indonesia’s approaches to energy management tend to use supply-side management (SSM), rather than demand-side management (DSM). Despite the inclusion of demand-side management in Indonesia’s current regulations, gaps are still existing in the implementation. In energy management, SSM and DSM approaches could be used to meet supply-demand balance. The SSM approach includes activities to procure, generate, […]
