Oil Price War
Introduction Today, all countries in the world are facing difficulties in the economy amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the status outbreak as a pandemic. In addition, there is a phenomenon of low oil prices because demand from oil importing countries is reduced due to a pandemic and falling stock […]
Bumpy Road for Indonesia’s EV Program
The transportation sector has the largest energy consumption in Indonesia. Moreover, this sector has a heavy reliance on fossil fuel. The sector accounted for more than 45% of final energy consumption in Indonesia in 2018 (ESDM, 2019). The share of non-fossil fuel is only 0.1%. Those facts make the transportation sector the second largest emission […]
Financing Renewable Energy Project Through Crowdfunding
Introduction Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, Arifin Tasrif, stated that renewable energy (RE) in Indonesia has a massive potency and should be developed. However, RE utilization is still lacking. Currently, the RE realization for electricity in Indonesia has reached 32 megawatts (MW) out of 400 MW potency (Setiawan, 2019). Although this number […]
Energy Saving Act: By You for You
Introduction Energy is a vital factor in our everyday life. People use energy for transportation, cooking, air conditioning, watching TV, using computer, charging phone and many other activities. Nowadays, the dependency on energy is very high; without energy, the economy or even health could be dangerously threatened. With an evermore increase in energy demand, the […]
Advancing biogas development: lessons from China
Fragmented biogas governance in Indonesia To cope with depleting oil reserves and the rise of GHGs emission, energy transition is being promoted, one of them is done through biogas. Several institutions and companies in Indonesia have begun to produce biogas from livestock dung, palm oil effluents and other organic wastes. Yet, it is still not […]
The Impacts of Nuclear Power Plant Construction in West Kalimantan
This research opinion presents some perspectives on the nuclear power plant development in West Kalimantan and its potential impacts. This article starts with a brief introduction of West Kalimantan, followed by a deeper explanation of the potential impacts of nuclear power plants on the environment and economy.
