Indonesian Energy Efficiency Current Situation

For most of the countries, the dynamic of the economic growth and energy consumption have fluctuated at the same time. It’s also happened in Indonesia, where GDP and final energy consumption have a trend that is increasing simultaneously (Figure 1). Energy has an important role in economic activity because it is one of the drive […]
A Brief Review on Indonesia’s National Energy Policy

Introduction Energy is an important sector to guarantee the prosperity of people in a country. Management of energy is essential as the energy sector highly contributes to the core of economic and social activity. In an industrialized country, access to energy is important to ensure productivity while energy access to the community is important to […]
Indonesia Clean Energy Dialogue: Reviewing 2018, Outlooking 2019

Figure 1. Bambang Harimurti, Prof. Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Ir. Michael Sumarijanto, Sudirman Said, Febby Tumiwa and Prof. Subroto during the Indonesia Clean Energy Dialogue. At the end of 2018, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) collaborated with Bimasena -Mines and Energy Society- organized an energy dialogue with Indonesia’s energy experts and with the intention to review […]
Collaborative Action Workshop in Achieving Sustainable Biodiesel

Figure 1 An interactive FGD session in formulating a common ground for a sustainable biodiesel in Indonesia The Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center (PYC) attended a two days’ workshop by Coaction Indonesia held in Aston Hotel Bogor on December 17 – 18, 2018. The workshop focused on the topic of “Collaborative Action Workshop in Achieving Sustainable Biodiesel” and […]
PYC Enlivens Pagelaran Kesenian Nusantara (Performing Arts of Nusantara) in the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok

Figure 1. Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center and Jaya Suprana School of Performing Arts in Pagelaran Kesenian Nusantara (Performing Arts of Nusantara) The Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center (PYC) and Jaya Suprana School of Performing Arts supported Pagelaran Kesenian Nusantara (Performing Arts of Nusantara) event held by the Indonesia Embassy in Bangkok. The event was held in KBRI Bangkok […]
PYC Field Trip Report: Holistic Application of Biogas in Asy-Syafa’at Ranch

Figure 1. Biogas Plant in Asy-Syafa’at Ranch (top), Biogas and Bioslurry System (down). As one of the pioneer NGOs which introduces Biogas application in Indonesia, Yayasan Rumah Energi, collaborated with PYC to improve the development of Biogas as a cooking fuel. There are about sixteen million potential biogas users in Indonesia, but as the first […]